SummaryAn efficient capital raising process fosters business expansion, job creation and economic growth. FINRA members play an important role in facilitating capital formation for businesses of all sizes. FINRA promotes the capital raising process through appropriately tailored rules for its members that are designed to promote transparency and to establish important standards of conduct for the
Summary
FINRA alerts member firms to a rising trend in the fraudulent transfer of customer accounts through the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS), an automated system administered by the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), that facilitates the transfer of customer account assets from one firm to another.
This Notice provides an overview of how bad actors effect
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
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The SEC recently approved an amendment to Section 2 of Schedule G of the NASD By-Laws (SEC Release Number 34-23780). The amendment, which is effective immediately, requires NASD members to report transactions in listed securities executed in the over-the-counter market in the United States between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The Credit Risk Management topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Financial Learning Experience™ (FLEX™) is a centralized continuing education (CE) platform that provides e-learning content that firms have the option to leverage for their Firm Element or other training needs.By delivering Firm Element training via the FLEX platform, your learners will be able to take their training directly from their FinPro account.Currently, the platform includes courses from
2025 Program Dates: November 16 – 21This course takes place at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in Washington, DC. Over five days, Georgetown University business and law school professors and financial services industry experts explore a series of advanced-level regulatory and compliance topics that help participants build on previous coursework covered during Week I.
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Money laundering is not a new issue for the securities industry. In fact, it has been listed in every FINRA annual regulatory priorities letter issued over the past 11 years. Many of the issues we've focused on over the years remain areas of focus in 2016. For example, we've addressed risk on many occasions. In 2009, we reminded firms to ensure
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<p>A member that is an investment adviser may pay a non-member certain fees and not violate Rule 2420 if the fees paid to the non-member (a) strictly follow the requirements of Rule 206(4)-3 under the Investment Adviser's Act of 1940; and (b) are paid from fees and other income that the member has received in its capacity as an investment advisor.</p>
Preliminary Note: FINRA recently adopted enhanced confirmation disclosure requirements for corporate and agency bonds.
