FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Funding Portal Rules and Related Forms
Exemptive relief is granted based on the following considerations: 1) the contribution was inadvertent, de minimis, and was returned; and (2) the contribution was made to a candidate for public office who never had the opportunity to influence the award of municipal securities business (Candidate was not an elected official, was never elected to the office for which he was a candidate, and he died during the election campaign).
Exemptive relief is granted based on: representations that at the time of the contributions the individual was not employed by the firm, was not an MFP and was not seeking employment as an MFP; the firm already had a significant business relationship with the City of which the contribution recipients are issuer officials (as defined); the individual has attempted to obtain the return of the contributions; the firm has instituted barriers and controls around certain municipal business communications; and the individual will be prohibited from involvement in municipal securities business with the City for a period of time.
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NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) reminds members of their obligation under just and equitable principles of trade and the advertising rule to disclose to customers the material risks of extended
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On February 5, 1997, in Release No. 34-38245 (Release), the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) amended its broker/dealer record retention rule to allow broker/dealers to employ, under certain
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has published form revisions in draft format for public comment in the September 1994 edition of the Commerce Clearing House (CCH) NASAA Reports. The comment period expires October 1,
