INFORMATIONAL
Decimalization
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Legal & Compliance
Operations
Options
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Technology
Trading & Market Making
Decimalization
Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) recently suspended the July 3, 2000
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
Executive Summary
NASD is concerned about the number of increasingly complex products that are being introduced to the market in response to the demand for higher returns or yield. Some of these products have unique features that may not be well understood by investors or registered persons. Others raise concerns about suitability and potential conflicts of interest. While NASD has and will
GUIDANCE
Trading Activity Fee
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Operations Managers
Senior Management
Section 1 of Schedule A to NASD By-Laws
Trading Activity Fee
Executive Summary
On October 1, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) approved an NASD rule filing amending the Trading Activity Fee (TAF)
Summary
FINRA has recently observed an increase in fraudulent options trading being facilitated by (1) account takeover schemes (sometimes referred to as account intrusions), through which a bad actor gains unauthorized entry to a customer’s brokerage account; and (2) the use of new account fraud1 by a bad actor who fraudulently establishes a brokerage account through identity theft.
This
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Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved changes to Rule 17a-11 that eliminate certain burdensome filing requirements. The requirements to give notice basically are unchanged. These amendments are the first major revisions to the rule in more than 20 years, which took
This Notice announces, effective immediately, clarifications of interpretations of the FINRA margin rule regarding minimum equity requirements in FINRA Rule 4210(b).
Questions concerning this Notice should be directed to:
James Barry, Director, Credit Regulation, Office of Financial and Operational Risk Policy, at (646) 315-8347 or by email;
Joseph David, Principal Specialist, Credit
ACTION REQUIRED
SOES Order Sizes
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Operations
Systems
Trading
SOES Maximum Order Sizes
The Suggested Routing function is meant to aid the reader of this document. Each NASD member firm should consider the appropriate distribution in the context of its own organizational structure.
Executive Summary
Effective October 1, 1999, the maximum
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: APRIL 28, 1986
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), is requesting comments on a proposed amendment that would provide limited exemptions for certain persons purchasing securities in connection with the conversion to stock ownership of mutual savings and loan associations, savings banks and certain
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Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Executive Summary
Federal Reserve Board Regulation T governs the extension of credit to customers by broker/dealers. Among the provisions of Regulation T are requirements governing the initial margin requirements for certain securities transactions. In addition,
