Amendments to Incorporated NYSE Rules to Reduce Regulatory Duplication; Effective Date: November 11, 2008
On September 7, 2007, the SEC approved new NASD Rule 2821 regarding broker-dealers' compliance and supervisory responsibilities for deferred variable annuities.1 The rule text is set forth in Attachment A and is effective May 5, 2008.
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FINRA amended its Membership Application Program (MAP) rules to create further incentives for the timely payment of arbitration awards by preventing an individual from switching firms, or a firm from using asset transfers or similar transactions, to avoid payment of arbitration awards. The amendments will address situations where: (1) a FINRA member firm hires individuals with pending
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The NASD invites members to vote on a proposed amendment to the NASD By-Laws and Rules of Fair Practice to make all rule approval procedures under the NASD's By-Laws uniform (presently some need only Board approval; others need full membership approval) and to
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The NASD requests comments on a proposed concept for the continuing
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In response to a request by the Association, the staff of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation has issued its views on frequently raised interpretive questions
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The WASL invited to Article III, Section 27 ID flutes of Fair Practice and planS: .Amendment to Article 1 of the NASD 5. The proposed amendments to Article III, Section 27 would
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The subject matter of various NASD qualification examinations has been affected by the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 (the "Act") as well as by recently adopted amendments to certain SEC and NASD rules. The test items affected by these changes have been deleted from the current test
