GUIDANCE
Predispute Arbitration Agreements
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
Arbitration
Books and Records
Predispute Arbitration Agreements
Rule 3110
Executive Summary
NASD Rule 3110(f) governs a member's use of predispute arbitration
agreements with customers. The Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) has approved
Thank you, John for that kind introduction. It's an honor to speak at this great university – and the McDonough School in particular. Georgetown University is an incredibly valuable resource – to its students and the entire business and financial community.
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FINRA and the other U.S. members of the Intermarket Surveillance Group1 (ISG members) are enhancing the Electronic Blue Sheets (EBS) to improve their ability to analyze broker-dealers’ trading activities.
Effective immediately, firms will be required to update certain data elements for EBS to reflect the SEC’s May 10, 2019, and May 4, 2020, approvals of Long Term Stock Exchange
The FINRA Board of Governors will consider the following rulemaking items at its September 2011 meeting.
The Books and Records section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
In addition to the Helpline, FINRA has consistently focused on addressing concerns relating to senior investors. Our efforts have included rulemaking to provide firms with tools to address financial exploitation of seniors, guidance in FINRA publications, reviews of senior investor protection programs in our examinations, enforcement actions and collaboration with other regulators, as well as
NASD® has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of NASD rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
SummaryFINRA is providing advance notice of future updates to its equity trade reporting guidance in connection with upcoming enhancements to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities to support reporting of fractional share quantities. Under the updated guidance, members engaged in fractional share trading will be required to report fractional share quantities up to six digits after the
A diversified portfolio tends to be harder to achieve than simply following the mantra to avoid putting all of your investment eggs in one basket. This basic strategy can help, but it is often not enough to avoid concentration risk—the risk of amplified losses that may occur from having a large portion of your holdings in a particular investment, asset class or market segment relative to your overall portfolio. Learn more about concentration risk and read tips on how to manage it.
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FINRA has adopted amendments to Rule 6732 (Exemption from Trade Reporting Obligation for Certain Transactions on an Alternative Trading System) to expand the scope of the exemption to include eligible ATS transactions that involve only one member (other than the ATS). As amended, a member ATS may apply for the exemption for transactions between a member subscriber and a non-member entity
