FINRA has created this page to educate member firms on “Firm Identity Theft”.
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.
Summary
Member firms often encourage registered representatives to have succession plans in place to plan for expected or unexpected life events. Succession planning can benefit customers, member firms and registered representatives. This Notice discusses these benefits, as well as common types of succession plans. This Notice also provides an overview of related FINRA rules and administrative
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As of August 23, 1991, the following 53 issues joined Nasdaq/NMS, bringing the total number of issues to 2,605:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
7/24/91
1000
CATH
Catherines Stores
Suitability obligations are critical to ensuring investor protection and promoting fair dealings with customers and ethical sales practices. FINRA Rule 2111 governs general suitability obligations, while certain securities are covered under other rules that may contain additional requirements.
FINRA Rule 2111 requires that a firm or associated person have a reasonable basis to believe a recommended transaction or investment strategy involving a security or securities is suitable for the customer. This is based on the information obtained through reasonable diligence of the firm or associated person to ascertain the customer’s investment profile.
The rule states that the customer’s investment profile “includes, but is not limited to, the customer’s age, other investments, financial situation and needs, tax status, investment objectives, investment experience, investment time horizon, liquidity needs [and] risk tolerance,” among other information. A broker’s “recommendation,” which is based on the facts and circumstances of a particular case, is the triggering event for application of the rule.
Brokers must have a firm understanding of both the product and the customer, according to Rule 2111. The lack of such an understanding itself violates the suitability rule.
I have been an investor in public securities for 50 years. For 17 years, I served as a financial advisor. It is my thought that limiting investment choices in public investments only serves to restrict the ability of ordinary investors to restrict the ability of ordinary investors to preserve their capital.
Firms must comply with the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations ("AML rules"). The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) rules is to help detect and report suspicious activity including the predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing, such as securities fraud and market manipulation. FINRA reviews a firm’s compliance with AML rules under FINRA Rule 3310, which sets forth minimum standards for a firm’s written AML compliance program.
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Sales Practice Obligations Relating to Principal-Protected Notes
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