The Market Access Controls section of the 2017 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
GUIDANCE
Settlement Agreements
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Affidavits
Arbitration
Central Registration Depository System (CRD® or CRD system)
Confidentiality Provisions
Dispute Resolution
Rule 2110
Settlement Agreements
Executive Summary
I am opposed to restrictions on my right to invest using leveraged and inverse funds. I am an old guy who has only become an active investor in the last couple years. I have a modest portfolio. The big guys have many advantages in the markets. I have found that using leveraged and inverse funds enhances my opportunities. The considerable risks are easy to understand but with careful use the
FINRA Revises the Effective Date to Collect and Process Certain CRD Numbers in Connection with Regulation T and SEC Rule 15c3-3 Extensions of Time Requests
FINRA requests comment on two proposed changes to the TRACE reporting rules that were recommended by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. The proposed changes would require firms to: (1) identify corporate bond trades where the price of the trade is based on a spread to a benchmark Treasury security that was agreed upon earlier in the
Remarks by Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum at the IRI Government, Legal and Regulatory Conference
Chairman Sarbanes, Ranking Member Gramm, members of the Senate Banking Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify today on the vital, troubling and timely issues of investor protection and accounting highlighted by the collapse of Enron. It would be hard to overstate the human tragedy for Enron’s employees, pension-holders and investors caused by the failure of America’s seventh largest company.
During its July 12 and 13 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors Re-elected Eric Noll as chair, re-appointed public governors Deborah Bailey, Lisa Fairfax and Maureen Jensen, and approved three rulemaking items.
February 10, 2004
NASD member firms reporting to OATS are required under NASD Conduct Rule 3010 to maintain and enforce written supervisory procedures related to OATS.
NASD has published articles in the December 2000, February 2001 and January 2004 OATS Reports to provide guidance on what member firms should include in written supervisory procedures.
Member firms are still required to have
The FINRA Board of Governors will consider the following rulemaking items at its July 2013 meeting.
