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The schedule of trade dates-settlement dates below reflects the observance by the financial community of Columbus Day, Monday, October 11, 1993. On this day, The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM and the securities exchanges will be open for trading. However, it will not be a settlement date since many of the nation's
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Executive Summary
On February 26, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Schedule D that require members to append a fifth-character location indicator to their market-maker identification symbol (MMID) in securities that are traded at a location away from the primary
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The schedule of trade dates-settlement dates below reflects the observance by the financial community of Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 1992. On this day, securities exchanges and The Nasdaq Stock Market™
Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
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In mid-January, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a revised NASD Manual. To facilitate your adjustment to this new Manual, which is scheduled for publication and dissemination this May, we have included a Guide to the Manual: New-to-Old Conversion Chart and Old-to-New Conversion Chart. This material outlines the reorganized Manual and indicates where the
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On January 7, 1997, in Release No. 34-38132, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved NASD® rules permitting the quotation of Direct Participation Programs (DPPs or limited partnerships) in the OTC Bulletin Board® Service (OTCBB) and requiring all
FINRA provides extensive resources to assist member firms with managing and addressing risks and threats that could pose harm to their business, compliance programs and investors, including:Highlights on the recent risks FINRA observed in our regulatory programs;Observations from recent targeted exams (sweeps) on emerging industry issues and related regulatory obligations; andOther FINRA
FINRA Rule 5310 (Best Execution and Interpositioning) requires that, in any transaction for or with a customer or a customer of another broker-dealer, a member and persons associated with a member shall use reasonable diligence to ascertain the best market for the subject security, and buy or sell in such market so that the resultant price to the customer is as favorable as possible under prevailing market conditions.
Calculation of days of suspension. As was the case in prior versions of the FINRA Sanction Guidelines, recommendations for the imposition of suspensions contained herein distinguish between suspensions for 30 or fewer days and 31 or more days. In these guidelines, the NAC recommends that a suspension of 30 or fewer days be measured in business days, while a suspension of 31 or more days be
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Earlier this year, the provisions under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ("TEFRA") with respect to withholding on dividends and interest was repealed by Congress.
Shortly after the repeal of withholding, the Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 ("
