FINRA announced today that it has appointed Julie Glynn and Tina Gubb as Senior Vice Presidents of Enforcement. Gubb’s appointment is effective July 22, while Glynn’s appointment is effective in September. Both will report to Bill St. Louis, Executive Vice President and Head of Enforcement at FINRA.
This notification is to warn member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails purporting to be from FINRA and using the e-mail addresses “[email protected]” and “[email protected]”. The e-mail addresses and domain “data-finra.org” are not connected to FINRA, and firms should delete all emails originating from these domains. Member firms should be aware that they may receive similar phishing emails from other domain names in addition to those identified in this Alert.
Summary
FINRA alerts members to an emerging threat to customers and members, where FINRA, NASDAQ and NYSE have observed initial public offerings (IPOs) for certain small capitalization (small-cap) issuers listed on U.S. stock exchanges that may be the subject of pump-and-dump-like schemes (sometimes referred to as "ramp-and-dump" schemes in other jurisdictions).1 FINRA has observed
Guidance on Blogs and Social Networking Web Sites
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved amendments to Section 4 of Appendix A, Article III, Section 30 of the Association's Rules of Fair Practice that relates to minimum margin requirements for option contracts on a market or industry index. These amendments which became effective on April 13, 1984 establish minimum
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Internal Audit
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*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 15, 1989, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 34-27249 containing proposed
ACTION REQUESTED
Intermarket Surveillance Group1
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Blue Sheets
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members reminds member firms that by March 31,
2006, they must complete validation of certain data fields that
firms submit to the Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) System, as directed
in Notice to Members 05
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Systems
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Executive Summary
On May 11, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) approved amendments to its rules that would implement two alternative methodologies proposed by the securities industry to expedite
The FINRA 21-19 filing is a long overdue step in the right direction. However, given the current rules set in place, which allows prime brokerages to give their clients, hedge funds, an ability to essentially circumvent any short position reporting through what they call 'short arranging products' or 'arranged financing programs', the regulations proposed in FINRA 21-19 will
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Executive Summary
On June 29, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposed Interpretation to Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that
