This request for exemptive relief is granted based on the Firm's representation that the individual did not engage in the solicitation of municipal securities business, as defined by MSRB Rule G-37, the imposition by the Firm of extensive Firm-wide information barriers on certain municipal securities business communications, prohibition of, for a specified period of time, the individual's solicitation of new municipal securities business, a Firm commitment to conduct training or re-training for all Firm MFPs and new hire MFPs, including an on-going annual educational effort, a review of existing Firm procedures and the development of necessary enhancements.
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Senior Management
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Registration
Executive Summary
The 1997-98 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) broker/dealer and agent registration renewal cycle begins in early November. This program simplifies the registration renewal process through the payment of one invoiced amount that will include fees for NASD personnel
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.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has barred David Michael Gutman, a Vice President in the conflicts office of J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, and Christopher John Tyndall, a former registered representative at Meyers Associates, L.P., from the securities industry for their roles in an insider trading scheme.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has ordered two St. Louis-based broker-dealers – Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Century Securities Associates, Inc. – to pay combined fines of $550,000 and a total of nearly $475,000 in restitution to 65 customers in connection with sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Stifel and Century are affiliates and are both owned by Stifel Financial Corporation.
Summary
FINRA has amended its Codes of Arbitration Procedure for Customer and Industry Disputes (Codes) to: (1) increase the additional hearing-day honorarium chairs receive for each hearing on the merits from $125 to $250 and (2) create a new $125 chair honorarium for each prehearing conference in which the chair participates.1 To fund the increase in payments to chairs, the amendments make
Correction: On page 571, the second sentence under the subhead Updated Financial Information should read: "The updated information shall be prepared as of a date that is within 45 days before the interview." The online version of this Notice has been corrected.
INFORMATIONAL
Membership Rules
Effective Date: November 15, 2000
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WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has named two new public Governors — Dr. Brigitte C. Madrian and Dr. Luis M. Viceira — to its Board of Governors.
Revised SEC No-Action Guidance Expanding the Definition of “Ready Market” for Certain Foreign Equity Securities
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Continuing Education
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Continuing Education
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Continuing Education
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The Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (the Council), which has advisory and consultative responsibilities for the development, implementation,
