Summary
Many investment companies provide sales charge discounts and waivers on their products for customers in certain circumstances described in their product offering documents (e.g., prospectuses or statements of additional information). These include volume-based discounts, such as breakpoints and waivers, on mutual fund exchanges. Failure to apply these discounts or waivers correctly may
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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Board of Governors ("Board") has approved the recommendations of the Special Committee on NASD Structure and Governance ("Special Committee").
Executive Summary
Due to the recent tragic events resulting from Hurricane Katrina, NASD is aware that members with offices in the affected areas are concerned with a number of regulatory and compliance issues. In this regard, NASD is providing guidance on these issue, including guidance on emergency office relocations, continuing education requirements for registered personnel, registered
TRACE Data Delivery Plus Fee
FINRA assesses the TRACE Data Delivery Plus service fee per each MPID that the firm enrolls in the service. The firm's monthly fee is based on:
the average number of transactions the MPID was a party to* per month over the prior calendar year, which is used to categorize the MPID in one of 4 tiers, and
the number of "Plus" reports (reports for
FINRA’s trade reporting facility for fixed income celebrated its tenth year of existence in July 2012. During this 10-year span, an average of 500 dealers reported at least one transaction per day, and par value traded increased from a low of $19 billion a day in 2005 to over $23 billion today, surpassing the $21 billion per day seen at the onset in 2002 and 2003.
Firms are able to file full or partial withdrawals of registration by submitting Form BDW, the Uniform Request for Broker-Dealer Withdrawal.Partial WithdrawalA partial withdrawal ends registration with one or more specified jurisdictions and/or self-regulatory organizations (SROs), but not with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration with at least one SRO and jurisdiction
The Web CRD Late Filing Fee Report is a monthly analysis of FINRA firms' ability to meet certain filing obligations. In accordance with FINRA rules, firms are required to submit information related to registered representatives. This report displays a firm's performance in submitting certain U4 and U5 filings in the required time frame.
The information in this report is provided to
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As of November 28, 1994, the following 37 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,739:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
CVTI
Covenant Transport, Inc. (Cl A)
10/28/94
500
LION
Fidelity Southern Corp.
10/31/94
200
BUMM
B.U.M. International, Inc.
As of July 28, 1994, the following 45 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,679:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
DSGT
Designatronics Incorporated
6/29/94
200
WCBO
West Coast Bancorp
6/29/94
200
BELW
Bellwether Exploration Company
6/30/94
200
HMNF
HMN Financial Resources
6/30/94
500
MSNS
MediSense, Inc.
6/30
