On July 30, 2007, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) consolidated their member regulation operations.
Effective March 13, 2008, when issuing liability notices in connection with certain securities transactions, firms are required to use the automated liability notification system of a registered clearing agency, provided that both parties to the contract are participants in a registered clearing agency that has such an automated system.
Regulatory Notice 08-05 has been rescinded.
Effective February 1, 2008, FINRA is expanding the class of entities permitted to use the delta hedging exemption to include other broker-dealers and certain financial institutions. NASD Rule 2860, as amended, is set forth in Attachment A to this Notice.
FINRA has made technical amendments to Forms U4, U5 and BR that, among other things, reflect the FINRA name change and update the current list of SROs, government jurisdictions and registration categories listed on the Forms.
The online Forms will be updated with the changes described below on February 4, 2008.
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify member firms of the upcoming nomination and election process to fill forthcoming vacancies on FINRA District Committees and District Nominating Committees.
The current District Committee and District Nominating Committee members are included in Attachment A. Information on District Election procedures is included in Attachment B. A candidate
FINRA amended NYSE Rule 342.13 to eliminate the requirement that the General Securities Principal Examination (Series 24) be passed after July 1, 2001, in order to be recognized as an acceptable alternative to the General Securities Sales Supervisor Qualification Examination (Series 9/10) for persons whose duties do not include supervision of options or municipal securities sales activities.
The SEC’s regular appropriation has been enacted and, effective January 25, 2008, the Section 31 rate applicable to securities transactions will decrease from $15.30 per million to $11.00 per million dollars.
REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Corporate Debt Securities
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Suggested Routing
Corporate Finance
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Technology Trading and Market Making Training
Debt Securities
Operations
Rule 6200 Series
TRACE Rules
Transaction Reporting
Executive Summary
Currently, NASD
GUIDANCE
Charitable Contributions
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Executive Representatives
Institutional
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Charitable Giving
Charitable Solicitation
Executive Summary
The solicitation of substantial charitable contributions by employees
or agents of a customer acting in a fiduciary capacity raises
