INFORMATIONAL
NAC Nominations
Nomination Deadline: May 9, 2003
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-
Upcoming FINRA Board of Governors Election
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).
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
The NASD® is publishing a direct participation program (DPP or limited partnership) directory in anticipation of the quotation of DPP securities on the OTC Bulletin Board® Service (OTCBB®) and the commencement of trade reporting of transactions in DPPs on May 15,
The Trading Examinations Unit (“TEU”) within the Trading and Financial Compliance Examinations (“TFCE”) group of the Market Regulation Department at FINRA is conducting a review of processes and procedures of ABC Securities LLC (“the Firm”) in connection with order routing and execution quality of customer orders in exchange listed stocks.
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GUIDANCENAC NominationsNomination Deadline: May 17, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal & ComplianceSenior ManagementNational Adjudicatory CouncilExecutive SummaryThe 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
A member is not an "affiliated member" of an insurance company for purposes of Rule 2820(g)(4)(D) where no control relationship exists between the entities.
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposal to Require Alternative Trading Systems to Submit Quotation Information Relating to Fixed Income Securities to FINRA for Regulatory Purposes
Summary
Recently, FINRA took enforcement action against several firms for failing to establish or maintain a reasonably designed supervisory system for recommendations of alternative mutual funds, also sometimes referred to as “alt funds” or “liquid alts” (“Alt Funds”). FINRA is continuing to note such deficiencies in its examinations and communications reviews of such products.
This Notice
