<p>Employee Leasing Arrangement Does Not Violate Rule 2420</p>
Continuing Education Planning
Staff interpretation of the continuing commissions policy codified in NASD IM-2420.
GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Fixed Income
Trading and Market Making
Sales
Senior Management
Legal and Compliance
Internal Audit
Training
Mark-Ups
Debt Securities
Rule 2440
Pricing of Debt Securities
Mark-Ups on Debt Securities
Executive Summary
On April 16, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved IM-2440-2, "Additional Mark-Up Policy for Transactions
The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Program section of the 2017 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.
Continuing Education Planning
FINRA has adopted a short-form membership application process for certain firms that must become FINRA members due to the recent amendments to Rule 15b9-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Firms that are eligible for the short-form membership application process also must have been a member of a national securities exchange with which FINRA has had a regulatory services agreement for the 12-month period prior to August 23, 2023. FINRA has further adopted a partial waiver of the new membership application fee for those firms that apply for FINRA membership through the short-form membership application process. These rule changes became effective on October 30, 2023.
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
MAIL VOTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
To improve disclosure of broker-dealer compensation for order flow and to make the
Thank you, Kayte [Toczylowski, FINRA’s head of Member Relations and Education], and good morning, everyone. It is so wonderful to see you. I am delighted to join Kayte in welcoming you to the 2023 FINRA Annual Conference.