Separate sales contests under NASD Rule 2820(g) for group variable annuity contracts and employer-sponsored retirement plans.
<p>Separate sales contests are permissible under NASD Rule 2820(g) for group variable contracts.</p>
Guidance Relating to Illiquid Investments
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
ATTN: Direct Participation Programs Department
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This notice examines a number of due diligence reimbursement practices that have arisen in the area of public offerings of direct participation programs and the appropriateness of those practices under the NASD's underwriting compensation guidelines. This notice is a
GUIDANCE
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KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
Training
IM-5100
IM-6130
Rule 3360
Rule 4632
Rule 5100
Rule 6130
Rule 9610
Short Exempt Marking Requirements
Short Sales
TRF Trade Reporting
Short Sale Requirements
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to advise firms and other
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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Municipal
Mutual Fund
Research
Syndicate
Systems
Trading
Training
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior ManagementInstitutionalLegal & ComplianceOptionsTrading
Executive Summary
Given the growing market for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, such as OTC options on individual equity securities and stock indexes, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) recent approval of increases in option position and exercise limits, the NASD reminds
Every member that is a party to a security-based swap with a customer, broker or dealer, or other Counterparty, or who has guaranteed or otherwise become responsible for any other person’s SBS obligations, shall comply with the following requirements, except that a member that is registered as a security-based swap dealer under Exchange Act section 15F shall instead comply with SEA Rule 18a-3.
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Executive Summary
On May 25, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to the Uniform Practice Code (UPC) adding new Section 72 requiring a member or its agent who is a participant in a registered clearing agency to use the facilities of such registered
SEC Approves Amendments to the Codes of Arbitration Procedure to Establish a $200 Honorarium for Contested Subpoenas or Orders
