GUIDANCE
Regulatory Element Exemptions
Effective Date: April 4, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Continuing EducationLegal and ComplianceRegistered RepresentativesSenior Management
RegistrationTraining
Continuing EducationRegulatory ElementRule 1120
Executive Summary
On September 27, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved amendments to NASD Rule 1120 (
Proposed Amendments to Qualification Examination Fees in Section 4(c) of Schedule A to the FINRA By-Laws
GUIDANCE
Customer Account Statements
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Institutional Customers
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Clearing Firms
Customer Account Statements
DVP/RVP (Delivery versus Payment/
Receive versus Payment)
NASD Rule 2340
NASD Rule 3110
NASD Rule 11860
SEC Rule 10b-10
SEC Rule 15c3-2
SEC Rule 17a-4
Executive Summary
The Securities
GUIDANCE
NAC Nominations
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
National Adjudicatory Council
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to advise members
of the nomination procedures to fill two upcoming vacancies on the
National Adjudicatory Council (NAC). The three-year terms of the
NAC regional Industry members from
GUIDANCE
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Blue Sheets
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members reminds members of their reporting requirements concerning the automated submission of trading information via the Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) System and provides information on the validation of certain
GUIDANCE
NAC Nominations
Nomination Deadline: August 1, 2005
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
National Adjudicatory Council
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to advise members of the nomination procedures to fill one upcoming vacancy on the National
FIPS Changes
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Corporate Finance
Legal & Compliance
Municipal/Government Securities
Operations
Senior Management
Trading & Market Making
FIPS
As of July 20, 2001, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
ASTR.GA
All Star Gas Corp
11.000
08/14/01
AIQ.GA
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to NASD Rule 2340 to Address Values of Unlisted Direct Participation Programs and Real Estate Investment Trusts
In December of 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), New York Attorney General, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and NASD reached an agreement in principle with ten of the nation's largest investment banks to resolve issues of conflicts of interest involving research analysis and initial public offerings (IPOs).
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