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
GUIDANCE
Discovery-Related Motions
Effective Date: September 26, 2005
SUGGESTED OUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Discovery-Related Motions
Dispute Resolution
Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an amendment to Interpretive Material (IM) 10104 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure (Code)
INFORMATIONAL
NAC Nominee
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Senior Management
National Adjudicatory Council
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the nominee for the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) from the North Region. The nominee, nominated for a three-year term
GUIDANCE
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
Effective Date: October 1, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Technology
Training
Debt Securities
Operations
Rule 7010
Transaction Reporting
Executive Summary
On August 1, 2005
ACTION REQUIRED
Volume-Weighted Average Price Transactions
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Capital Markets
Executive Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Trading
Conflicts of Interest
Order Handling
Supervision
Executive Summary
NASD reminds members that when executing a volume-
FINRA provides registration and licensing relief to FINRA-registered persons and certain formerly registered persons who volunteer or are called into active military duty.
The U.S. Social Security Administration offers a service that enables employers to verify the social security numbers (SSN) of employees. FINRA recommends that its member firms consider using the SSN verification service in connection with the pre-registration or employment process.
The verification process differs depending on the number of names or SSNs your firm wants to check:
Up to 5
FINRA's Web CRD® Simultaneous Form Filing Program allows a "simultaneous filing group" or "SFG" (i.e., two or more FINRA member firms under substantially the same common ownership or control) to submit a single Form U4 (and single fingerprint card) or Form U5 to register or terminate an individual, respectively, with that SFG for a single processing fee. To obtain the
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC $3.25 million and required the firm to pay approximately $9.78 million in restitution to more than 3,000 affected customers for failing to supervise its representatives’ short-term trades of unit investment trusts (UITs).
A UIT is an investment company that offers
