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Session Materials
Thursday, December 12, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rule Governing Payments to Unregistered Persons
Summary
The protection of senior investors is a top priority for FINRA. In August 2019, FINRA launched a retrospective review to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of its rules and administrative processes that help protect senior investors from financial exploitation. The review indicated that FINRA’s steps to protect seniors have provided helpful and effective tools in the fight against
TO: All NASD Members and Municipal Securities Bank Dealers
ATTN: All Operations Personnel
The schedule of trade dates/settlement dates below reflect the observance by the financial community of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day, Monday, January 21, 1985. On Monday, January 21, 1985, the NASDAQ System and the exchange markets will be open for trading. However, it will not be a settlement date
TO: All NASD Members and Municipal Securities Bank Dealers
ATTN: All Operations Personnel
"Regular-Way" transactions made on Tuesday, November 8, Election Day; and Friday, November 11, Veterans Day, and the days immediately preceding these days will be subject to the settlement date schedule listed below. The purpose of this schedule is to provide uniformity. While the NASDAQ System
FINRA has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
Firm Violated Reg BI, Excessively Traded, and Churned Numerous Customer Accounts, Including Those of Gold Star Families
WASHINGTON—FINRA announced today that it has expelled Monmouth Capital Management for churning and excessively trading customer accounts in violation of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), failing to supervise its representatives, and providing false and misleading disclosures
FINRA has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).