February 13, 2007
Dear NASD Member:
Last year I sent a letter to members that highlighted new and existing regulations that were of particular significance to NASD’s examination program. The letter was designed to offer you guidance by identifying areas of potential examination focus, allowing you to enhance related supervisory and compliance procedures and systems at your firm. Because the
FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposal to Establish a Publicly Accessible Online Repository of Form 211 Information
(a) Applicability
The hearing procedures under this Rule shall apply to a member, person associated with a member, person subject to FINRA's jurisdiction or other person who is served with a notice issued under the Rule 9550 Series and who timely requests a hearing or who is served with a petition instituting an expedited proceeding under Rule 9556(h). For purposes of this Rule, such
GUIDANCE
NASD Sanction Guidelines
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Executive Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Systems
NASD Sanction Guidelines
Executive Summary
This Notice advises NASD member firms of modifications to the
NASD Sanction Guidelines (Guidelines). NASD has amended the
General Principles Applicable to All Sanction
Restructured Qualification Examinations and Related Examination Fees
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Advertising
Continuing Education
Corporate Finance
Executive Representatives
Government Securities
Institutional
Insurance
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Mutual Fund
Operations
Options
Registered Representatives
Registration
Research
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Training
Variable Contracts
Executive Summary
NASD Regulation, Inc
This request for exemptive relief is granted based on the Firm's representation that the Contributions were made prior to the individual's employment with the Firm, and that the individual was never engaged in municipal securities business, as defined by MSRB Rule G-37 ("Rule"), and the individual has never solicited municipal securities business from the City or City agencies of whom the Contribution recipients are issuer officials. The Firm agreed to institute certain information barriers, the individual will, for a period of time, be prohibited from soliciting municipal securities business as defined by the Rule, and the individual may not receive any compensation derived directly or indirectly from municipal securities business from City or certain City agencies for a period of time.
FINRA Amends the TAF Rate for Transactions in Covered Security Futures
GUIDANCE
Research Analysts and Research Reports
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Continuing Education
Executive Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Registration
Research
Senior Management
Training
Qualification Examinations
Registration
Research Reports
Rule 1050
Supervision
Executive Summary
NASD
Joint NASD and NYSE interpretation that individuals involved in the development of certain quantitative equity research ratings model are not “research analysts” as defined by the SRO research analyst conflict of interest rules.
