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Summary
Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) at member firms play a vital role. For example, CCOs and their compliance teams help design and implement compliance programs, help educate and train firm personnel, and work in tandem with senior business management and legal departments to foster compliance with regulatory requirements. In this way, CCOs help promote strong compliance practices that
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registration
Training
Executive Summary
On December 19, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) approved various amendments to the Rules of the National
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
BACKGROUND
The securities industry, in late 1983, asked the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) to review the registration delays resulting from agent transfers between broker-dealers. After extensive deliberations by the NASAA/CRD Committee and its NASD advisors, a Temporary Agent Transfer program was developed by the
The honors program is a two-year rotational program open to recent law school graduates and attorneys concluding clerkships. These full-time positions offer the opportunity to do sophisticated legal work to protect investors and the financial markets.
Summary
FINRA is conducting a retrospective review to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of its rules and administrative processes that help protect senior investors from financial exploitation. The protection of senior investors is a top priority for FINRA. As such, FINRA is interested in whether additional tools, guidance or changes to FINRA rules or administrative processes are
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsTrading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
SEC REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed Rule 15c2-6 to address fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative acts and practices used in connection with high-pressure telephone
GUIDANCEIPO Distribution ManagerVoluntary Effective Date: March 23, 2004Mandatory Effective Date: April 16, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSCorporate FinancingInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceOperationsSenior ManagementSyndicateTrading & Market MakingTrainingFree-Riding and WithholdingIPO Distribution ManagerIPOsRetentionRule 2790Underwriting CommitmentExecutive SummaryTo coincide
The Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Summary
FINRA has adopted changes to its rules to allow for video conference hearings before the Office of Hearing Officers and the National Adjudicatory Council under specified conditions. These amendments will become effective August 23, 2023.
Questions concerning this Notice should be directed to:
Philip Shaikun, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel (OGC
