The Direct Market Access Controls section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
Series 55 Exam Grace Period Expires May 1, 2000
On April 1, 1998, NASD Regulation, Inc., amended the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Registration Rules regarding the qualification of representatives who trade equity securities in The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and/or over-thecounter. A new qualification examination was established - the Limited Representative—Equity
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The SEC recently adopted Rule 15c2-6, which is effective January 1, 1990. It imposes sales-practice requirements on broker-dealers that recommend transactions in certain low-priced, non-NASDAQ over-the-counter
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A member seeking exemptive relief as permitted under Rules 0180, 1210, 1220, 2030, 2114, 2210, 2231, 2241, 2242, 2310, 2359, 2360, 3170, 4210, 4311, 4320, 4360, 4540, 5110, 5121, 5122, 5123, 5130, 5131, 6183, 6625, 6731, 6732, 8211, 8213, 11870, or 11900, or Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-37 shall file a written application with the appropriate department
FINRA rules require that member's communications with the public be accurate, fair and not misleading. An investor considering the series of a broker-dealer, including a "discount" broker, should be informed of all factors material to his use of such broker-dealer's services. There are many variables in the charges and services offered by broker-dealers and it isn't reasonable to expect that every variation be included in media advertising, given the expense of such advertising. Relevant factors not included in advertisements should be communicated to persons responding, however. Certain items should be included in the advertisement itself, when the advertisement would be misleading in the absence of their disclosure.
There may come a time when you want to transfer your securities accounts between broker-dealers. If so, here’s what you need to know.Most customer accounts are transferred between broker-dealers through an automated process. The National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) operates the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS) to facilitate the transfer of a customer account from one
When you buy or sell stocks, bonds and other types of investments, there are costs associated with doing so. Costs may also come with managing or simply maintaining an investment account. These costs can add up, so it’s important to understand and manage them.
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Existing Limited Representative Examinations
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts
Direct Participation Programs
Municipal Securities
Option Securities*
Products Covered in Proposed Corporate Securities United Representative Examinations
Common and Preferred Stock
Corporate Debt Issues
Stock Rights and Warrants
Foreign Securities and
I would be categorized as a "retail" trader. The assumptions being made in this proposal are insulting, it wrongly assumes so called retail traders are uneducated in many of the products named in this proposal. The assumption non-professional traders lack understanding of these products is not what I see on a daily basis. I trade with hundreds of other traders in a Discord chat room and
As announced in Regulatory Notice 19-21, FINRA is expanding the summary data relating to over-the-counter (OTC) equity trading that FINRA publishes on its website. This expansion includes:
new monthly aggregate block-size trading data for OTC trades in NMS stocks executed outside an alternative trading system (ATS) on a one-month delayed basis; and
aggregate non-ATS volume for all firms by
