WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that James S. Shorris, who has served for more than seven years in leadership positions for FINRA's Enforcement Department and that of its predecessor, NASD, will leave the organization in April to return to the private sector. Shorris has been responsible for directing the investigation and prosecution of disciplinary actions at the national and district levels.
The following checklist helps identify the basic requirements for members under the new and amended recordkeeping requirements to the SEC broker/dealer books and records rules.
FINRA publishes this quarterly review to provide firms with a sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decisions in FINRA cases).
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(a) DefinitionsFor purposes of this Rule, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:(1) The term "basket" shall mean a group of stocks that FINRA or any national securities exchange designates as eligible for execution in a single trade through its trading facilities and that consists of stocks whose inclusion and relative representation in the group are
SUGGESTED ROUTING:*
Senior ManagementCorporate FinanceRegistrationSyndicate*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On March 4, 1992, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Parts II and III of Schedule C to the NASD's By-Laws permitting Direct Participation Program (DPP) Limited Principals and
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced the results of voting that took place at its 2014 Annual Meeting today in Washington, DC. In accordance with FINRA By-Laws, firms elected two Governors, one from among the small firms and one from among the large firms. FINRA also named two new public Governors to its Board of Governors. Governors are appointed or elected
Under Section 17(f)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (15 USC 78q(f)(2)), and Exchange Rule 17 f-2 thereunder, as amended, firms may be required to submit additional fingerprints if fingerprints are determined to be that the prior submission(s) are illegible or classified as rejected. The process for submitting additional fingerprints differs for broker-dealers and funding portals.
The following are details of FINRA's policy for the retransmission of FDIC-Backed bonds available via the BTDS (corporate bond) data feed.
(a) Events Requiring Application
A member shall file an application for approval of any of the following changes to its ownership, control, or business operations:
(1) a merger of the member with another member, unless both are members of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or the surviving entity will continue to be a member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc
Remarks by Richard Ketchum From the 2014 FINRA Annual Conference
