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
<p>Applicability of NASD Rule 3070 to the operations of a mutual fund variable product distributor broker/dealer with a separately registered transfer agent.<br/></p>
Trading Pause Rule Expanded to All NMS Stocks
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 7620B (FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility Reporting Fees) to modify the trade reporting fees applicable to participants that use the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility (“FINRA/NYSE TRF”).
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,
Gentlemen: When the rules to invest were changed in 2007,I lost 42.3% of my net worth in 2008-9 which I have not been able to restore/recover. Your threat to change the rules in the middle of the game I take as offensive in a free market environment in which to trade. The great majority of my investments are in ETF's which if restricted in any manner will without doubt devastate my portfolio
The Private Placements 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.
Based on the information provided in your application, and conditioned upon Tradeweb Direct providing the items listed below, the staff has determined that Tradeweb Direct meets the specified criteria and hereby grants, pursuant to FINRA Rule 9610, Tradeweb Direct an exemption from the trade reporting obligation under FINRA Rule 6730, subject to the monthly transaction reporting obligation and remission of the transaction reporting fees based on the fee schedule set forth in Rule 7730(b)(1) for each exempted sell transaction occurring on the ATS.
This article is intended to clarify a factual reference to SEC Rule 17a-4 (f)(2)(i) previously reported in the Fall 2000, Volume 14.3, of the NASD Regulatory & Compliance Alert.
SEC Rule 17a-4 (f)(2)(i)
Q: If a broker/dealer intends to store records using electronic storage media, can a third party vendor provide services to a broker/dealer if the third-party vendor
I'm appalled to hear that regulators want to restrict access to these investment products. Why is it that all of a sudden they are considered with complexity and investor protection when they weren't before. Do they fear that there isn't enough liquidity in the market to support the potential valuation of these products as the stock market continues to be volatile and
