GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Regulatory
Senior Management
Financial and Operational Principals (FINOPs)
SEC Rule 15c3-1 (Net Capital Rule)
SEC Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection Rule)
SEC Rule 17a-5 (Reports to Be Made by Certain Brokers and Dealers)
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to
GUIDANCE
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Trading and Markets
Debt Securities
Operations
Rule 7000 Series
TRACE Rules
Executive Summary
On March 6, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an amendment to Rule 7030 relating to the availability of TRACE
GUIDANCE
Portfolio Margin Risk Disclosure Statement
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Margin
Operations
Senior Management
Margin Requirements
Options
Portfolio Margin
Portfolio Margin Risk Disclosure Statement
Rule 2520
Rule 2860
Executive Summary
As announced in Notice to Members (NTM) 07-11 (February 2007
GUIDANCE
Code of Arbitration Procedure
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Training
Arbitration
Code of Arbitration Procedure
Dispute Resolution
Subpoenas
Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved
amendments to the subpoena rule as set forth in Rule 10322 of
the NASD Code of Arbitration
REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Rule Harmonization
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Corporate Financing Legal & Compliance
Registration
Senior Management
Branch Office
Initial Public Offering
Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction
Registration
Rule 2711 (Research Analysts and
Research Reports)
Rule 3010 (Supervision)
Rule Harmonization
GUIDANCE
Portfolio Margin Program
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Margin
Operations
Senior Management
Margin Requirements
Portfolio Margin
Rule 2520
Rule 2860
Executive Summary
On February 12, 2007, NASD filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for immediate effectiveness a rule change to amend
GUIDANCE
NASD BrokerCheck
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Registration
Senior Management
Training
BrokerCheck
Form BD (Uniform Application for
Broker-Dealer Registration)
Form BDW (Uniform Application for
Broker-Dealer Withdrawal)
Form U4 (Uniform Application for
Securities Industry Registration or
Transfer)
Form U5 (
GUIDANCE
NASD's Trading and Quotation Halt Authority Expanded
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Trading
IM-6660-1
OTC Equity Securities
Quotations
Rule 6660
Trading Halts
Executive Summary
On December 18, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved amendments to NASD Rule 6660
GUIDANCE
Options Position and Exercise Limits
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Options
Senior Management
Trading
Training
Exercise Limits
Options
Position Limits
Rule 2860
Executive Summary
On January 25, 2007, NASD filed for immediate effectiveness with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amendments to
Rule 2860 extening until
GUIDANCE
Code of Arbitration Procedure
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Training
Arbitration
Code of Arbitration Procedure
Dispute Resolution
Mediation
Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the
NASD Codes of Arbitration Procedure for Customer and Industry
Disputes (
