FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Sales Practice Obligations with Regard to the Sale of Securities in a High Yield Environment
The standards governing communications with the public are set forth in Rule 2210. In addition to those standards, the following guidelines must be considered in preparing retail communications and correspondence, as defined in Rule 2210, about variable life insurance and variable annuities.
(a) General Considerations
(1) Product Identification
In order to assure that investors
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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
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD has amended its policy regarding the publication of disciplinary actions to provide that actions resulting in monetary sanctions of $10,000 or more will be published in the same manner as actions resulting in suspensions, bars, expulsions and/or revocations. The new policy will be implemented with respect to District
Proposed Rule Change to Impose an Excess Capacity Usage Fee on ADF Trading Centers that Exceed Their Certified Volume Levels Pursuant to a New FINRA ADF Capacity Management Plan
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (''SEC'' or ''Commission'') a proposed rule change to extend the hours of operation of (1) the Trade Reporting Facility established by NASD and the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (the ''NASD/Nasdaq TRF''); (2) the trade reporting of non-Nasdaq exchange-listed securities under the Rule
FINRA Adopts Amendments Relating to Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility
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