<p>A wrap fee program in which a registered representative/investment adviser neither receives transaction fees nor is involved with the execution of securities transactions would be subject to NASD Rule 3030, rather than Rule 3040.<br/></p>
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: NASD is grateful to the committee for inviting us to testify on NASD's regulatory activities regarding inappropriate sales of certain investment products to members of the armed forces and NASD's financial education programs focused on military servicemembers and their families, and for allowing us to submit this statement for the record.
I. IntroductionFINRA, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to protecting investors and safeguarding market integrity in a manner that facilitates vibrant capital markets. Authorized by Congress, FINRA works to protect America’s investors by making sure the broker-dealer industry operates fairly and honestly. We oversee more than 624,000 brokers across the country—and analyze billions of
Robert L.D. Colby's Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Committee on Financial Services
