Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection Rule) imposes requirements on member firms that are designed to protect customer funds and securities. Member firms are obligated to maintain custody of customers’ fully paid and excess margin securities, and safeguard customer funds by segregating these assets from the firm’s proprietary business activities and promptly delivering them to the customer upon request. Member firms can satisfy these requirements by keeping customer funds in a special reserve bank account and by maintaining customer securities in their physical possession or in a good control location, as specified in Rule 15c3-3. Member firms are required to maintain a reserve of cash or qualified securities in the special reserve bank account that is at least equal in value to the net cash owed to customers, including cash obtained from the use of customer securities. The amount of net cash owed to customers is computed pursuant to the formula set forth in Exhibit A to Rule 15c3-3.
The fair pricing obligations under FINRA Rule 2121 (Fair Prices and Commissions) apply to transactions in all securities—including fixed income securities—and MSRB Rule G-30 imposes similar obligations for transactions in municipal securities. In addition, FINRA Rule 2121 and MSRB Rule G-30 also include specific requirements for transactions in debt securities. These rules generally require a dealer that is acting in a principal capacity in a debt security transaction with a customer, and charging a mark-up or mark-down, to mark up or mark down the transaction from the prevailing market price (PMP).
Addressed to Yvonne Huber & Racquel Russel. Thank you both for requesting comment on Short Interest Position Reporting. I find it hopeful and positive that FINRA has acknowledged a gap in their ability to oversee Short Interest and Fail-To-Deliver Positions. In order to protect American investors (many of whom rely on equity positions ins 401Ks and IRAs to have a hope of retirement) FINRA
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Effective July 11, 1994, tier sizes for 500 Nasdaq National Market (NNM) securities will be revised in accordance with ¶2451a7 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Small Order Execution System (SOESSM).
Under the revised SOES rules (see Special Notice to Members 94-1 January 5, 1994), the maximum order-execution
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Securities markets and the NASDAQ System will be closed on Friday, December 25, 1987, Christmas Day, and Friday, January 1, 1988, New Year's Day. "Regular way" transactions made on the preceding business days will be subject to the settlement date schedule listed below.
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FINRA® has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of NASD rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of theMunicipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
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On January 14, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved changes to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 11890 regarding the handling of clearly erroneous transactions. 1 The NASD and The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM (Nasdaq®)
SEC Approves Amendments Expanding TRACE to Include Agency Debt Securities and Primary Market Transactions
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The SEC has issued an Order1 that permits specified FINRA members an additional 30 calendar days for filing their annual reports as required pursuant to SEA Rule 17a-5(d), subject to certain conditions. The SEC’s Order is in response to a request by FINRA that is designed to ease potential burdens that smaller members may face in obtaining audit services. Members that meet the
