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PLEASE DIRECT THIS NOTICE TO ALL FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL OFFICERS AND PARTNERS
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
In NASD Notice to Members 81-12, the Association advised the membership of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation interpretation concerning the treatment of concessions receivable and related commissions payable under the Uniform Net Capital Rule (SEC
The Market Order Timeliness (MOT) Report Card is a monthly status report based upon data reported to OATS detailing the number of customer market orders executed by your firm in NMS securities that were delayed in receiving a full execution in possible violation of both rules regarding full and prompt execution of customer market orders and the Best Execution rule. If non-compliance with these
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Sales Practice Obligations with Regard to Cash Alternatives
All short positions should be transparent and recorded daily. https://www.sec.gov/rules/petitions/2020/petn4-758.pdf February 12, 2020 Vanessa Countryman Secretary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549-1090 Re: Petition for Rulemaking on Short and Distort Dear Ms. Countryman: Petitioners signed below respectfully submit this petition for rulemaking pursuant
FINRA Reminds Firms of Exercise Cut-Off Time for Weekly Options Expiring on the Friday After Thanksgiving
In the Showtime television series “Billions,” the ambitious U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades, played by Paul Giamatti, is certain that a fictional hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod, played by actor Damien Lewis, is guilty of insider trading.
“What have I done wrong? Really? Except make money. Succeed,” Axelrod says in his defense in an episode.
There isn’t a clear hero and villain in the television
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: APRIL 28, 1986
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), is requesting comments on a proposed amendment that would provide limited exemptions for certain persons purchasing securities in connection with the conversion to stock ownership of mutual savings and loan associations, savings banks and certain
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
SEC Approves Increase in the TAF Rate for Sales of Covered Equity Securities
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Executive Summary
On July 28, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) approved an NASD rule filing amending the Trading Activity Fee (TAF) to establish a new rate for covered equity securities.1 NASD had been collecting the TAF and determined that the equity rate needed to be increased to ensure adequate funding levels for
