(a) Disclosures
If at the time a fairness opinion is issued to the board of directors of a company the member issuing the fairness opinion knows or has reason to know that the fairness opinion will be provided or described to the company's public shareholders, the member must disclose in the fairness opinion:
(1) if the member has acted as a financial advisor to any party to the
GUIDANCE
Branch Office System Processing Fee
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Registration
Senior Management
Branch Office Registration Fee
Branch Office System Processing Fee
Fees
Schedule A to NASD By-Laws
Executive Summary
Effective July 3, 2006, NASD members will be assessed an annual
$20 branch office system processing fee. Also effective July 3, 2006,
TO: NASD Members Participating in Sales of Direct Participation Program Securities
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. is circulating the attached questionnaire to members which participate in sales of direct participation programs in order to ascertain the level of interest in a communications service that would disseminate information about DPPs to members and sponsors. This
Remarks by Chairman and CEO Richard Ketchum at the FINRA Annual Conference
Cloud computing is transforming how broker-dealers operate by providing opportunities to enhance agility, efficiency, resiliency and security within firms’ technology and business operations while potentially reducing costs. As a result, cloud computing is increasingly seen by many firms as an important architectural component to their infrastructure.
Worldwide, cloud computing has enjoyed rapid
Remarks From the SIFMA Complex Product Forum
August 28, 2002
NASD plans to implement its next regular quarterly release for the third quarter of 2002 (2002.3) into the testing environment on September 30, 2002 and into the production environment on October 14, 2002. This release contains a variety of changes, some requiring coding by members and some that enhance functionality.
The 2002.3 release includes the following enhancements that
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Legal & Compliance
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
NASD members are advised that on January 13, 1989, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an
INFORMATIONAL
FIPS Changes
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KEY TOPICS
Corporate Finance
Legal & Compliance
Municipal/Government Securities
Operations
Senior Management
Trading & Market Making
FIPS
As of March 22, 2002, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
ARGI.GE
American Restaurant Group Inc
<p>Relief granted to banks to facilitate an orderly and efficient transition of employees from a bank into a broker/dealer to comply with the Financial Modernization Act of 1999.</p>
