Remarks from the Investment Program Association Fall Conference
INFORMATIONAL
Investment Companies And Variable Contracts
Effective Date: April 1, 2000
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KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Mutual Fund
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Training
Variable Contracts
Investment Companies
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Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
Effective October 1, 1998, the maximum Small Order Execution SystemSM (SOESSM) order sizes for 488 Nasdaq National Market® (NNM) securities will be revised in accordance with National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 4710(g).
For more information, please contact
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Senior Management
Advertising
Continuing Education
Corporate Finance
Executive Representatives
Government Securities
Institutional
Insurance
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Mutual Fund
Operations
Options
Registered Representatives
Registration
Research
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Training
Variable Contracts
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members
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Senior Management
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
On June 5, 1995, the NASD issued Special Notice to Members 95-43 (Special Notice) discussing the expansion of the Limit-Order Protection Interpretation (Interpretation) to Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that prohibits member firms from
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Legal & Compliance
Options
Trading
Executive Summary
On April 20, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD® proposal to amend Section 33(b)(3) of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice to increase the position and exercise limits for certain equity securities that are not subject to standardized options trading.1 Specifically, with
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Senior ManagementCorporate FinanceInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceOperationsSyndicateSystemsTrading*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
MAIL VOTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD invites members to vote on a new Section 46, Article III of the Rules of Fair Practice regarding adoption of a short-sale rule or "bid test
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Senior ManagementInternal AuditLegal & Compliance
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued Release No. 34-28347, containing proposed amendments to Rule 15c3-1 (the "Rule") with respect to withdrawals of net capital. The proposal would expand
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Senior ManagementCorporate FinanceLegal & ComplianceMutual FundOperations
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
MAIL VOTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD invites members to vote on proposed amendments to the NASD mutual fund maximum sales charge rule that would subject asset-based sales charges to the provisions of the rule.
As prepared for delivery.
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”
