FINRA is committed to providing firms with prompt and accurate answers to their regulatory questions. As part of that commitment, FINRA has assigned a dedicated Risk Monitoring Team to every firm which includes a Risk Monitoring Senior Director, Risk Monitoring Director, and Risk Monitoring Analyst.
(a) Documents and Other MaterialsAt least 20 days before the first scheduled hearing date, all parties must provide all other parties with copies of all documents and other materials in their possession or control that they intend to use at the hearing that have not already been produced. The parties should not file the documents with the Director or the arbitrators before the hearing. If the
FINRA operates systems that help member firms comply with reporting requirements and facilitate transparency in the applicable markets.
Alternative Display Facility (ADF)
The Alternative Display Facility (ADF) is an SRO display only facility that is operated by FINRA. The ADF provides members with a facility for the display of quotations, the reporting of trades, and the comparison of trades.
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NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) requests comment on the use by NASD® members (securities broker/dealer firms) and their associated persons of bond mutual fund risk ratings in sales literature given to customers. In
These rules changes seem to be helpful except for the "alternatively" found all over the place. Make all these rules in effect, no alternatives. FINRA should get all the information possible about any financial activity and make as much as possible of that information public. The originator of a short position should be on the hook for the short position. Currently, if a market maker
In January 2003, NASD’s Advertising Regulation Department contacted 64 NASD member firms to determine their level of compliance with the NASD and SEC rules that govern advertisements and sales literature for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds. Twenty-five firms responded that they had not used such communications during the subject time period. Thirty-nine firms responded with submissions of
The Audit Committee of the FINRA Board of Governors engaged Lowenstein Sandler LLP to conduct an independent review in connection with a Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court decision vacating an arbitration award in favor of respondent Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. The Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court decision finding no evidence of an agreement between Wells Fargo and FINRA. Furthermore, the Court of Appeals of Georgia found nothing that indicated Wells Fargo manipulated the arbitrator pool in the subject arbitration.
FINRA has made technical amendments to Forms U4, U5 and BR that, among other things, reflect the FINRA name change and update the current list of SROs, government jurisdictions and registration categories listed on the Forms.
The online Forms will be updated with the changes described below on February 4, 2008.
Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
Proposed Rule Change to Extend Through June 30, 2005, the Current Pilot Price-Improvement Standards for Decimalized Securities Contained in NASD Interpretive Material 2110-2 - Trading Ahead of Customer Limit Order
