GUIDANCE
"New Issue" Rule
Effective Date: November 2, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Corporate Financing
Executive Representatives
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Syndicate
Trading & Market Making
Training
Business Development Company
Direct Participation Program
Foreign Investment Company
IPO Distribution Manager
IPOs
New Issue
GUIDANCE
Manning Obligations
Effective Date: January 2, 2006
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
IM-2110-2
Limit Orders
Manning Rule
Executive Summary
On August 4, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Interpretive Material (IM)-2110-2, Trading Ahead of Customer Limit
REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Short Interest Reporting
Comment Period Expires November 29, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Rule 3360
Short Interest Reporting
Short Sales
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to solicit comments from
members and other interested parties on proposed changes to
Rule 3360, Short Interest Reporting.
INFORMATIONAL
District Elections
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Executive Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registration
Senior Management
District Elections
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the
REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Trading Activity Fee
Comment Period Expires October 31, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations Managers
Senior Management
NASD By-Laws
Trading Activity Fee
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to solicit comments from
members on possible changes to the Trading Activity Fee (TAF). In
2003, the Securities and Exchange
GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
Training
Rule 6740
SEC Rule 15c2-11
SEC Rule 15c3-3
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Special Notice to Members (Special NTM) to
advise member firms and other interested parties of certain
actions and issues relating to the
GUIDANCE
Structured Products
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal and Compliance
Retail
Senior Management
Derivatives
Options
Structured Products
Structured Securities
Executive Summary
As a result of a recent review of members that sell structured
products, NASD staff is concerned that members may not be
fulfilling their sales practice obligations when selling
GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Blue Sheets
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members reminds members of their reporting requirements concerning the automated submission of trading information via the Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) System and provides information on the validation of certain
Executive Summary
Due to the recent tragic events resulting from Hurricane Katrina, NASD is aware that members with offices in the affected areas are concerned with a number of regulatory and compliance issues. In this regard, NASD is providing guidance on these issue, including guidance on emergency office relocations, continuing education requirements for registered personnel, registered
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
