Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection Rule) imposes requirements on member firms that are designed to protect customer funds and securities. Member firms are obligated to maintain custody of customers’ fully paid and excess margin securities, and safeguard customer funds by segregating these assets from the firm’s proprietary business activities and promptly delivering them to the customer upon request. Member firms can satisfy these requirements by keeping customer funds in a special reserve bank account and by maintaining customer securities in their physical possession or in a good control location, as specified in Rule 15c3-3. Member firms are required to maintain a reserve of cash or qualified securities in the special reserve bank account that is at least equal in value to the net cash owed to customers, including cash obtained from the use of customer securities. The amount of net cash owed to customers is computed pursuant to the formula set forth in Exhibit A to Rule 15c3-3.
The fair pricing obligations under FINRA Rule 2121 (Fair Prices and Commissions) apply to transactions in all securities—including fixed income securities—and MSRB Rule G-30 imposes similar obligations for transactions in municipal securities. In addition, FINRA Rule 2121 and MSRB Rule G-30 also include specific requirements for transactions in debt securities. These rules generally require a dealer that is acting in a principal capacity in a debt security transaction with a customer, and charging a mark-up or mark-down, to mark up or mark down the transaction from the prevailing market price (PMP).
FIRST is a prototype taxonomy-based rulebook search tool designed by FINRA to make the FINRA rulebook more accessible when searching for relevant information or developing automated compliance functions. FIRST is enabled by a regulatory taxonomy, or a hierarchical classification of key business and regulatory terms, applied, or “tagged,” to a series of key FINRA rules.
Summary
FINRA will conduct its Annual Meeting of firms on Friday, August 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time in the FINRA Visitors Center at 1735 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The purpose of the meeting is to elect an individual to fill one small firm seat on the FINRA Board of Governors (FINRA Board or Board).1
It is important that all eligible small firms be represented by proxy or in
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Legal & ComplianceOperationsSystemsTrading
As of November 28, 1994, the following 37 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,739:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
CVTI
Covenant Transport, Inc. (Cl A)
10/28/94
500
LION
Fidelity Southern Corp.
10/31/94
200
BUMM
B.U.M. International, Inc.
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Legal & ComplianceRegistration*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The SEC has approved changes to the Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer (Form U-4) and the Uniform Termination Notice for Securities Industry Registration (Form U-5). The changes to Form U-4 include
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Senior ManagementInternal AuditLegal & ComplianceOperationsSystems*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 24, 1992, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to its Net Capital Rule, Rule 15c3-1 (Rule). Except for the minimum increases scheduled to
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Senior ManagementInternal AuditLegal & ComplianceMutual FundOperationsTrading*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 1, 1991, amendments to Article III, Sections 2 and 21 (c) of the Rules of Fair Practice ("Rules"), which require NASD members to make reasonable efforts to obtain
April 18, 1994
Dear Member:
On April 13, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Rule G-37 regarding political contributions and prohibitions on municipal securities business. Related amendments to Rules G-8 and G-9 on record-keeping and record retention, respectively, were also approved. The limitations and requirements
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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Legal & Compliance
Syndicate
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
To protect investors and the public interest, and to respond to concerns raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the NASD filed
