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FINRA Revises Portfolio Margining Risk Disclosure Statement and Written Acknowledgment for Customers Using Portfolio Margin Accounts
FINRA seeks comment on proposed amendments to FINRA Rules 5110 (Corporate Financing Rule—Underwriting Terms and Arrangements), 5121 (Public Offerings of Securities With Conflicts of Interest) and 5123 (Private Placements of Securities) to make substantive, organizational and terminology changes to the rules.
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Trading Activity Fee
Comment Period Expires October 31, 2005
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NASD By-Laws
Trading Activity Fee
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to solicit comments from
members on possible changes to the Trading Activity Fee (TAF). In
2003, the Securities and Exchange
Executive Summary
As announced in Notice to Members 02-41 and Special Notice to Members 02-63, NASD has amended Section 8(a) of Schedule A to NASD's By-Laws, eliminating the Regulatory Fee and instituting a new transaction-based Trading Activity Fee which funds NASD's member regulatory activities.1
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FINRA has received reports about increasing numbers and sophistication of ransomware incidents. Ransomware typically involves bad actors gaining unauthorized access to firm systems and encrypting or otherwise accessing sensitive firm data or customer information, then holding that hijacked data for ransom. Some ransomware attacks have become significant threats that include theft of data
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Executive Summary
On September 30, 2004, the
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