Effective Date: February 15, 1998
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Executive Summary
On December 31, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (
Usually when an action like this happens, the powers that be ARE NOT thinking about the average investor, they are thinking how can we keep the major benefits of investing to the "Ultra Rich" and thereby avoid any "Gamestop" activity and exactly time the market for their own wealth. Do I think it is important for any security to have full disclosure? The answer is yes. But
OATS Update
IMPORTANT! Non-Market Makers in Nasdaq securities are NOT required to submit an Order Audit Trail SystemSM (OATSSM) Subscriber Initiation and Registration Form to the NASD until after January 1999. Only Market Makers in Nasdaq securities and ECNs were required to submit the Form by September 14, 1998.
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The NASD requests comments on proposed amendments to Appendix F under Article III, Section 34 of the Rules of Fair Practice and Schedule D to the NASD By-Laws. The amendments would restrict member participation
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FINRA has established a new Supplemental Liquidity Schedule (SLS).1 The new SLS, which members subject to the requirement will need to file as a supplement to the FOCUS Report, is designed to improve FINRA’s ability to monitor for events that signal an adverse change in the liquidity risk of the members with the largest customer and counterparty exposures. FINRA is issuing this
Please do not restrict my ability to invest in inverse funds. I don't want my only choice to be long the market or out of the market. The government policy of setting artificially low interest rates for far too long leaves me little choice. My retirement savings is being eaten away by inflation, whether inflation is high or inflation is low. I need the same investment options available to me
FINRA is issuing this Regulatory Notice to provide members an update on regulatory coordination efforts concerning compliance with CAT reporting rules (the “CAT compliance rules”). In particular, FINRA and the national securities exchanges, as CAT NMS Plan Participants, have entered into a Rule 17d-2 Plan and corresponding Regulatory Services Agreements (RSAs) to coordinate regulation of the CAT
Read CEO Robert Cook’s email to firms previewing topics the Board is scheduled to discuss at the July 2024 FINRA Board of Governors Meeting.
(a) Each member shall synchronize its business clocks, including computer system clocks and mechanical time stamping devices, that are used for purposes of recording the date and time of any event that must be recorded pursuant to the FINRA By-Laws or other FINRA rules, with reference to a time source as designated by FINRA, and shall maintain the synchronization of such business clocks in
Accessing the FormIf you have credentials for a FINRA system, you do not have to create a new account — you can use your established credentials to access the Rule 2080 Waiver Request Form.Attorneys can use the same credentials used for the DR Portal.Current and former registered representatives can use the same credentials used for FinPro.Broker-dealer firms requesting a waiver on behalf of a
