(a) Standards for Admission
After considering the application, the membership interview, other information and documents provided by the Applicant, other information and documents obtained by the Department, and the public interest and the protection of investors, the Department shall determine whether the Applicant meets each of the following standards:
(1) The application and all supporting
Unless otherwise provided, terms used in the Rule 1000 Series shall have the meaning as defined in Rule 0160.
(a) "Applicant"
The term "Applicant" means a person that applies for membership in FINRA under Rule 1013 or a member that files an application for approval of a change in ownership, control, or business operations under Rule 1017.
(b) "Associated Person"
Pursuant to the procedures set forth in Rule 6120(b), FINRA shall halt all trading otherwise than on an exchange in any NMS stock, as defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of SEC Regulation NMS, if other major securities markets initiate market-wide trading halts in response to their rules or extraordinary market conditions or if otherwise directed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Members must
(a) Procedures for Reviewing Transactions
(1) An Executive Vice President of FINRA's Market Regulation Department or Transparency Services Department, or any officer designated by such Executive Vice President (FINRA officer), may, on his or her own motion, review any over-the-counter transaction involving an exchange-listed security arising out of or reported through a trade reporting
Delegation of Functions and Authority:
A. Subject to Section I.B.9., FINRA hereby delegates to FINRA CAT and FINRA CAT assumes the following responsibilities and functions as a registered securities association:
1. To act as a Plan Processor in accordance with Rule 613 of SEC Regulation NMS and the provisions of the CAT NMS Plan.
2. To create, operate and maintain the consolidated audit trail
Pursuant to the procedures set forth in Rule 6120(b), FINRA shall halt all trading otherwise than on an exchange in any NMS stock, as defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of SEC Regulation NMS, if other major securities markets initiate market-wide trading halts in response to their rules or extraordinary market conditions or if otherwise directed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Members must
The safe harbor for business expansions in IM-1011-1 is not available to any member that is seeking to add a natural person who has, in the prior five years, one or more final criminal matters or two or more specified risk events and seeks to become an owner, control person, principal, or registered person of the member; in such circumstances, if the member is not otherwise required to file a
(a) Each member that is a party to an arbitration in which more than $25,000, exclusive of interest and expenses, is in dispute must pay non-refundable process fee, due at the time the parties are sent arbitrator lists in accordance with Rule 13403(b), as set forth in the schedule below.
Process Fee Schedule
Amount of Claim
(exclusive of interest
and expenses)
Process Fee
(a) Hearing Session Fees
(1) Hearing session fees will be charged for each hearing session. The total amount chargeable to the parties for each hearing session is based on the amount in dispute, as specified in the schedule below. In the award, the panel will determine the amount of each hearing session fee that each party must pay.
Hearing Session Fees
Amount of Claim(exclusive of
(a) A surcharge in the amount indicated in the schedule below will be assessed against each member that:
(1) Files a claim, counterclaim, cross claim, or third party claim under the Code;
(2) Is named as a respondent in a claim, counterclaim, cross claim, or third party claim filed and served under the Code; or
(3) Employed, at the time the dispute arose, an associated person who is named as a
