The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to implement Section 203 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 ("GLBA"). Specifically, Section 203 adds a new subsection (j) to Section 15A of the Act, which requires that the NASD, as a registered securities association, create a limited registration category for any
Summary
FINRA has amended its rules to require firms to report time fields in trade reports submitted to a FINRA equity trade reporting facility (or FINRA Facility)1 using the same timestamp granularity that they use when reporting to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). Once the amendments are effective, firms that report time on CAT order execution events in increments finer than milliseconds
The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rules 6951, 6954 and 9610 and to add a new Rule 6958. The proposed rule change would: (1) provide that the time of order origination and receipt for an electronic order is the time the order is captured by a member's electronic order-routing or execution system,
GUIDANCE
Continuing Education
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Continuing Education
Legal & Compliance
Registration
Senior Management
Continuing Education
Firm Element
Executive Summary
The Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education (Council) has issued the annual Firm Element Advisory, a guide for firms to use when developing their continuing
NASD issues this annual publication to assist member firms in their compliance efforts.
Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 2360 (Options) Position Limits
Effective Date: February 15, 1998
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Senior Management
Advertising
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Mutual Fund
Operations
Training
Executive Summary
On November 4, 1997, in Release No. 34-39294, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or
I am concerned that these proposed rules would give FINRA a big step toward micromanaging what is an allowable investment for the average citizen. I believe the existing rules are sufficiently protective (if properly followed by the industry) of the average investor. So there is not a pressing need to add this type of complexity to the investment process in order to deal with "complex"
SEC Approves Changes to Arbitration Rules on Definition of Associated Person, Distribution of the FINRA Discovery Guide and Applicability of Hearing Session Fees
GUIDANCE
Extension of Time Requests
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
Operations
Extension of Time Requests
NASD Rule 3160
Regulation T
SEC Rule 15c3-3
Executive Summary
On September 15, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new NASD Rule 3160 that requires: (1) all
