Exemptive relief is granted based on representations that: although the MFP/MAP is deemed to be such by virtue of her appointment to the Firm’s Management Committee, she is not involved in the Firm’s municipal securities or municipal advisory business; although the MFP/MAP signed the $25 contribution check, she represents that the contribution was actually her husband’s and was motivated by his desire to support female political candidates, as evidenced by a pattern of small contributions to other female candidates; the MFP/MAP’s husband is not employed by the Firm or any of its affiliates; the MFP/MAP has obtained a refund of the contribution; and the Firm identified the contribution through its supervisory processes and has put additional processes in place to ensure the MFP/MAP will not be involved in municipal securities or municipal advisory business for two years from the date of the contribution.
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Publication Date: June 17, 2025Interpretations are marked in blue background beneath the rule text to which they relate. 15c3-1c Consolidated computations of net capital and aggregate indebtedness for certain subsidiaries and affiliates (appendix C to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).15c3-1c(a) Flow through capital benefits. Every broker or dealer in computing its net capital and aggregate
A member firm may include related performance information in institutional communications concerning Section 3(c)(1) Funds, subject to the stated conditions discussed in the letter.
A self-directed individual retirement account (IRA) is an IRA held by a custodian that allows investment in a broader set of assets than most IRA custodians permit. Custodians for self-directed IRAs may allow investors to invest retirement funds in “alternative assets” that have unique risks, including a lack of information and liquidity—and the risk of fraud.
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Executive Summary
The NASD® has created a Member Buying Services department and consolidated responsibility for the operation of its existing sponsored programs under the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests comments on a proposed amendment to Part 111, Section 5 of Schedule D to the NASD By-Laws to provide nonquantitative designation criteria for limited partnerships that list on the Nasdaq
Summary
FINRA is conducting a retrospective review to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of its rules and administrative processes that help protect senior investors from financial exploitation. The protection of senior investors is a top priority for FINRA. As such, FINRA is interested in whether additional tools, guidance or changes to FINRA rules or administrative processes are
(a) Recovery of cost of services. FINRA shall, in accordance with this section, collect member regulatory fees that are designed to recover the costs to FINRA of the supervision and regulation of members, including performing examinations, financial monitoring, and policy, rulemaking, interpretive, and enforcement activities. FINRA shall periodically review these revenues in conjunction with
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Obligations to Determine Whether Securities are Eligible for Public Sale
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Senior Management
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Legal & Compliance
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On May 19, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an expansion of the Interpretation to Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that prohibits a member firm from trading ahead of customers' limit orders in a firm's
