Summary
FINRA amended its Membership Application Program (MAP) rules to create further incentives for the timely payment of arbitration awards by preventing an individual from switching firms, or a firm from using asset transfers or similar transactions, to avoid payment of arbitration awards. The amendments will address situations where: (1) a FINRA member firm hires individuals with pending
Summary
FINRA alerts member firms to a rising trend in the fraudulent transfer of customer accounts through the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS), an automated system administered by the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), that facilitates the transfer of customer account assets from one firm to another.
This Notice provides an overview of how bad actors effect
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I would like to discuss with you today the important question of the appropriate standard of care for brokers and dealers or, more directly, whether the time has come to require broker-dealers, when recommending a security or strategy to retail investors, to ensure that the recommendation is in the “best interest” of the investor.
A “best interest” or “fiduciary”
TO: All NASD Members And Interested Persons
Attached are amended By-Laws of the Association which are being published at this time for comment by members and interested persons. The proposal is the product of the Association's Committee on Rule and By-Law Amendments which is reviewing and revising all of the Association's By-Laws, Rules and Interpretations. The initial step in the
(a) Definitions
For purposes of this Rule and any interpretation thereof:
(1) "Options communications" consist of:
(A) "Correspondence." Any "Correspondence" as defined in Rule 2210(a)(2) concerning options.
(B) "Institutional Communication." Any "Institutional Communication" as defined in Rule 2210(a)(3) concerning
(a) "Adjudicator"
The term "Adjudicator" means:
(1) a body, board, committee, group, or natural person that presides over a proceeding and renders a decision;
(2) a body, board, committee, group, or natural person that presides over a proceeding and renders a recommended or proposed decision which is acted upon by an Adjudicator described in paragraph (a)(1); or
(3) a
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Background
FINRA has been actively monitoring financial technology-related (FinTech) developments in the securities industry. A growing number of FinTech firms have been embracing new technologies, pioneering innovative products and developing new client-oriented financial services business models. Many traditional financial service providers are also rethinking their business models,
Regulatory Obligations and Related Considerations
Regulatory Obligations
Reg BI establishes a “best interest” standard of conduct for broker-dealers and associated persons when they make a recommendation to retail customers of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities, including recommendations of types of accounts.
Broker-dealers are also required to provide a
