(a) Except as provided in Rule 13211, no party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may communicate with any arbitrator outside of a scheduled hearing or conference regarding an arbitration unless all parties or their representatives are present.
(b) No party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may send or give any written motion, request, submission or other materials directly to
Good morning. It’s great to have this opportunity to be with you today.
My colleague in Member Regulation, Sales Practice, Mike Rufino, will be talking about FINRA’s regulatory and examination priorities during the next session, so I won’t steal Mike’s thunder and tell you everything that he is going to say. Rather, I want to take a step back and take this opportunity to talk about something
Below are form layout templates for firms that use the import feature in eFOCUS to file their FOCUS filings.
Please note that the template headers, columns, and line item IDs provided should not be modified or removed, as this will impact the compatibility of the import templates in the system.
Additionally, fields adhere to certain input formatting, such as text fields, numeric fields, or
As noted in Regulatory Notice 10-22 (Obligations of Broker-Dealers to Conduct Reasonable Investigations in Regulation D Offerings), as part of their obligations under FINRA Rule 2111 (Suitability) and supervisory requirements under FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision), firms must conduct a “reasonable investigation” by evaluating “the issuer and its management; the business prospects of the issuer; the assets held by or to be acquired by the issuer; the claims being made; and the intended use of proceeds of the offering.”
(a) Definition of "Ranking Entity"
For purposes of this Rule, the term "Ranking Entity" refers to any entity that provides general information about investment companies to the public, that is independent of the investment company and its affiliates, and whose services are not procured by the investment company or any of its affiliates to assign the investment company a
Application of Suitability and Supervision requirements to recommendations of new variable annuity bonus products to existing variable annuity bonus products customers.
The Neutral Corner - Volume 4—2022
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The Federal Election Campaign Act requires federal candidates and political committees that influence federal elections to file various reports and statements with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and state governments, including lists of individual contributors. These reports and statements may be inspected and copied by anyone, but the names and addresses of individual
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In June 2009, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 09-31 to remind firms of their sales practice obligations relating to leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). At the same time, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) issued guidance to the Canadian industry that is substantially similar to our Notice. In July we released a compliance podcast concerning the Notice
