SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
MAIL VOTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Members are invited to vote on proposed amendments to Article III, Section 35 of the NASD's Rules of Fair Practice that would: (1) subject advertisements and sales literature
Effective Date: July 1, 1996
Executive Summary
On March 11, 1996, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to Section 65 of the NASD Uniform Practice Code (UPC) to require members to transmit customer account transfer instructions electronically. The NASD is amending Section 65 of the UPC to require members that are currently participants in the National Securities
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Corporate FinanceGovernment SecuritiesInternal AuditLegal & ComplianceMunicipalMutual FundOperationsOptionsRegistrationResearchSyndicateSystemsTradingTraining
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
The NASD published the following Notices to Members during 1989. Duplicate copies are available at $15 per monthly issue.
Older Americans are frequently targeted by financial exploitation efforts, making investor protection and education of particular importance to this population. FINRA offers several services, including a dedicated helpline, that can help senior investors with their concerns.
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Communications with the Public
Effective March 13, 2008, when issuing liability notices in connection with certain securities transactions, firms are required to use the automated liability notification system of a registered clearing agency, provided that both parties to the contract are participants in a registered clearing agency that has such an automated system.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend the expiration date of the temporary amendments set forth in SR-FINRA-2020-015 and SR-FINRA-2020-027 from December 31, 2021, to March 31, 2022.
An exemption is granted based on the following: (1) the contribution was made more than one year after Name transferred from the Firm Municipal Finance Department to another department; (2) from his/her transfer on May 1, 2000, to the present, Name continues to be designated an MFP only because of the two year "lookback" provision; (3) Name had no personal involvement in Firm's municipal securities activities with City, including the pre-existing and established selection of Firm as one of several underwriters; and (4) the contribution, which was returned, was made to the campaign of a candidate for public office who is not now an issuer official, and who had no apparent opportunity to influence the award of municipal securities business.
A networking arrangement between a broker/dealer and a licensed insurance agency in which the non-member insurance agency receives commission payments is not subject to Rule 2420 if the arrangement is undertaken in reliance on an SEC no-action position on the registration requirements of the insurance agency as a result of the arrangement.
What should be enforced is proper disclosure. All investors should have access to investment vehicles that are in the markets. Too often regulatory bodies assume the public is too stupid to make rational decisions. It seems whenever regulatory bodies make rules to "protect the little guy" its really about taking away opportunity and freedom.
