INFORMATIONAL
District Elections
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registration
Senior Management
District Elections
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the nominees for the
FINRA Announces Nomination Process to Fill Upcoming Vacancies on the National Adjudicatory Council
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Internal Audit
Operations
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
On June 30, 1988, the maximum SOES order size for all NASDAQ National Market System (NASDAQ/NMS) securities was established as follows:
A 1,000-share maximum order size was applied to those
Frequently asked questions about public offerings
FINRA announced today that it has appointed Bill St. Louis as Head of Enforcement, effective immediately. St. Louis, an Executive Vice President, was most recently head of FINRA’s National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection Program (NCFC). St. Louis will be responsible for the management of approximately 350 enforcement staff in 11 offices across the United States and will report directly to FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook.
Chairman Clayton, Commissioners, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you today to discuss the important issue of customer recovery in the financial services industry, including the issue of unpaid arbitration awards. For purposes of today’s discussion, my remarks are focused on unpaid awards in customer arbitration cases.
FINRA is fully committed to reducing
Representatives of broker-dealers, investment advisers or issuers of securities must use the Form U4 (Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer) to be registered with the appropriate jurisdictions and/or self-regulatory organizations (SROs). FINRA, other SROs and jurisdictions use the Form U4 to elicit employment history, disciplinary and other information about individuals to register them.
FINRA E-Bill is an online billing system through which firms can review invoices and submit payment via wire transfer or ACH (or online by credit card). E-Bill is accessible through the FINRA Firm Gateway-a tool that provides centralized access to FINRA regulatory and filing applications.
FINRA publishes this quarterly review to provide firms with a sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decisions in FINRA cases).
TO: All NASD Members
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a number of amendments to Rule 17f-2 concerning the fingerprinting of securities industry personnel. These revisions are intended to simplify the process of claiming exemptions by clarifying existing provisions of the rule and by incorporating in the rule other exemptions previously granted by the Commission on a case-by-
