FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Obligations Under the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Summary
The purpose of this Notice is to inform FINRA small firm members of the upcoming Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) election. Two seats on the SFAC are up for election, representing the North and West Regions.
The SFAC provides guidance to FINRA staff, particularly regarding the potential impact of proposed regulatory initiatives on FINRA’s small firms. The SFAC meets five times a
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In light of the recent approval of the new and increased listing standards for The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM (Nasdaq®), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again provided an exemption from the filing requirements of SEC Rule 15c2-11 for certain securities
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed FINRA Rules Governing Markups, Commissions and Fees
February 20, 2015
Mr. Gregory J. Nowak
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Re: FINRA Rule 5130 - Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings
Dear Mr. Nowak:
This is in response to your letter dated December 3, 2014, in which you request interpretive guidance on behalf of PCV Lux, SCA ("PCV
Beginning September 30, 2009, FINRA will publish on its Web site a Monthly Short Sale Transaction File to provide public access to certain transaction data, including transaction times, price, and number of shares for every short sale transaction in an NMS stock. FINRA also will begin publishing a Daily Short Sale Volume File in the fourth quarter of 2009, which will provide aggregate daily short
Summary
The purpose of this Notice is to notify member firms of the upcoming nomination and election process to fill vacancies on FINRA’s Regional Committees. The Regional Committees play an important part of informing FINRA’s regulatory programs by, among other things, alerting FINRA to industry trends that could present regulatory concerns, and consulting with FINRA on proposed policies and
The Trading Examinations Unit (“TEU”) within the Trading and Financial Compliance Examinations (“TFCE”) group of the Market Regulation Department at FINRA is conducting a review of processes and procedures of ABC Securities LLC (“the Firm”) in connection with order routing and execution quality of customer orders in exchange listed stocks.
