Pricing Disclosure in the Fixed Income Markets
Regulatory Notice
Notice Type
Request for Comment
Suggested Routing
Compliance
Legal
Operations
Senior Management
Trading
Key Topics
Fixed Income Securities
Pricing Information
Transaction Confirmations
Referenced Rules &
FINRA Requests Comment on a Revised Proposal to Adopt a Consolidated FINRA Rule Regarding Discretionary Accounts and Transactions
GUIDANCE
Options Position and Exercise Limits
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Options
Senior management
Trading
Training
Exercise Limits
Hedge Exemption
Options
Position LimitsRule 2860
Executive Summary
On March 30, 2005, NASD filed for immediate effectiveness with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amendments to Rule
2860 increasing, for
Summary
In February 2012, pursuant to an SEC order, FINRA established an accounting support fee (GASB Accounting Support Fee) to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s
Remarks by Richard Ketchum From the Council for Economic Education
INFORMATIONAL
Forms U4
Operative Date: October 27, 2003
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registration
Senior Management
Central Registration Depository
Form U4
New Member Application
Rule 1013
Rule 1140
Executive Summary
NASD has amended Rule 1013 (New Member Application and Interview) to
Guidance Relating to Firm Short Positions and Fails-to-Receive in Municipal Securities
An exemption is granted based on the following: First, the Firm took prompt remedial action by placing Name in an "inactive status" and directing him to not engage in any work for the Firm. Second, you have represented that Name, prior to being hired by the Firm, was not engaged in the solicitation of municipal securities business, as defined in the Rule, and during his Firm employment as an MFP Name did not engage in municipal securities representative activities and did not solicit municipal business. Third, you have represented that the Firm has a long relationship as an underwriter of municipal securities for County #1 and County #2, and the State and neither the hiring of Name nor his Contributions were necessary to obtain municipal securities business from such issuers. Fourth, the Firm has agreed to undertake an education initiative, as described below, for all employees of the Firm's Municipal Securities Group.
FINRA is issuing this Information Notice to inform members of a scheduled industry presentation by the Cross Market Regulation Working Group (CMRWG) and FINRA CAT regarding SRO regulation of Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Compliance Rules and FINRA CAT’s role in CAT compliance.
Please see the attached ISG CMRWG Regulatory Notice 2020-02 that was issued by the participants of the ISG CMRWG.
This request for exemptive relief is granted based on the contributions made being small in amount, in support of personal relationships, the Firm’s representation that the contributor will be restricted in his municipal securities activities and municipal securities compensation, the individual will be subject to a period of heightened supervision, and the return or reasonable attempt at the return of the contributions.
