Treatment of Commodity Pool Trail Commissions under Rule 2810
Amendments to NASD, NASD Regulation, and NASD Dispute Resolution By-Laws Relating to Divestiture of American Stock Exchange
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend the NASD Rule 9600 Series to permit a Waiver Subcommittee of the National Adjudicatory Council ("NAC") to affirm, modify, or reverse a decision of NASD's Department of Member Regulation ("Department") denying a request for a waiver from a required qualifications examination pursuant to Rule 1070.
Proposed Amendments to Eliminate Exemptions from the Continuing Education Regulatory Element Requirements
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change for a program to conduct fingerprint-based background checks of NASD employees and independent contractors in the State of New York ("New York State") and, as business need may dictate, a program to conduct fingerprint-based background checks of NASD employees and independent contractors outside of New York State.
Proposed Amendments to TRACE Rule 6250 and Related TRACE Rules to Disseminate Transaction Information on All TRACE-Eligible Securities and Facilitate Dissemination
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 7010(k) to reduce certain fees that are currently in effect for the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE). In addition, NASD is proposing revisions to Rule 7010(k) that are technical in nature to reflect NASD’s change in corporate name. For example, references to "the Association" have been replaced with
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 7010(k) relating to fees for the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine ("TRACE") prior to the expiration of the pilot program for fees on December 28, 2002. NASD is proposing to extend the pilot program for TRACE fees to February 28, 2003 and to modify the pilot effective January 1, 2003. As a result of the proposed
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to extend the pilot program for the Trading Activity Fee (“TAF”) for 60 days effective December 31, 2002 and expiring March 1, 2003. The TAF structure as originally proposed in SR-NASD-2002-98 (and sunset in SR-NASD-2002-147) expired on December 31, 2002. Upon expiration of SR-NASD-2002-98, the member regulatory pricing structure was to
NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 3010(b)(2), also known as the "Taping Rule," and NASD IM-8310-2. The proposed amendments to the Taping Rule generally would: (1) permit firms that become subject to the Taping Rule a one time opportunity to adjust their staffing levels to fall below the prescribed threshold levels and thus avoid
