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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) is reminding member firms that, effective October 1, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Transaction Fees for transactions in exchange-
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system that uses its own currency, called bitcoin, to transact business around the world. Bitcoins are not issued by banks or governments—indeed, the bitcoin platform was designed to offer an alternative to national currencies, like the dollar, and commodity-based currencies such as gold or silver coins.
Executive Summary
NASD is concerned about the number of increasingly complex products that are being introduced to the market in response to the demand for higher returns or yield. Some of these products have unique features that may not be well understood by investors or registered persons. Others raise concerns about suitability and potential conflicts of interest. While NASD has and will
Most of us know someone who has been a victim of a financial scam, or we may have been a target ourselves. If you’ve been impacted by this type of crime, there are ways you can get assistance. These six steps can help you reclaim power from the fraudsters and begin to move forward.
GUIDANCE
Supervisory Controls
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KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Trading
Account Name/Designation Changes
Institutional Securities Activities
Rule 3012 (Supervisory Control Systems)
Rule 3110 (Books and Records)
Supervision
Supervisory Control Procedures
Executive Summary
On September 30, 2004, the
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Senior Management
Advertising
Continuing Education
Corporate Finance
Executive Representatives
Government Securities
Institutional
Insurance
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Mutual Fund
Operations
Options
Registered Representatives
Registration
Research
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Training
Variable Contracts
Executive Summary
In Notice to Members 99-
A spinoff occurs when a corporation divests itself of a division, which becomes an independent company that trades separately from its parent. Learn why corporations spin off subsidiaries and what this means for investors.
Guidance on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
FINRA’s Member Regulation department is conducting a review with respect to products linked to the CBOE’s Volatility Index (VIX). The review will focus on the supervisory processes followed by firms to identify and mitigate sales practice risks associated with recommendations to non-institutional purchasers of VIX-linked products.
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
