SUGGESTED ROUTING:*
Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsSyndicateTraining*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD is providing for members' use the Penny Stock Risk Disclosure Document as recently amended by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), which brokers/dealers are required to furnish
GUIDANCELiquefied Home EquitySUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal and ComplianceRegistered RepresentativesSenior ManagementCommunications with the PublicHome Equity Lines of CreditLeverageLiquefied Home EquityMarginMortgagesExecutive SummaryThe rapid increase in home prices over the past several years, in combination with refinancing activity by homeowners, has lead to increasing investment activity
The Suitability for Retail Customers section of the 2018 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
Unless otherwise indicated, suspensions will begin with the opening of business on Monday, November 18, 1996. The information relating to matters contained in this Notice is current as of October 28, 1996. Information received subsequent to the 28th is not reflected in this edition.
Firms Suspended, Individuals Sanctioned
Euro-Atlantic Securities Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) and David Paul
It is me as a US Citizen and individual investor - not regulators who should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for you and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.
We investors shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, like leveraged and
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
FINRA is issuing this Notice to remind member firms of their supervisory obligations under FINRA Rules 3110 (Supervision) and 3120 (Supervisory Control System) if they hold or transact in customer accounts owned by municipal entities or obligated persons (municipal clients), as defined in Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), and participate in investment-related
Summary
FINRA is introducing enhancements and presentation changes in the Central Registration Depository (CRD®) system that relate to the implementation of FINRA’s restructured qualification examination program and the adoption of consolidated FINRA registration rules. These changes, effective October 1, 2018, principally affect the Examination Requests and SRO Registrations sections.
I am here today to tell you about the NASD’s recently proposed rules governing analyst recommendations. In light of what we have heard today and in the weeks following the Enron revelations, I think you will agree that these rules will help American investors.
<p>Clarification of <i>NASD Notice to Members 96-33</i>: application of Rule 3040 to registered representatives of a distributor who also are employed by investment advisers to manage the portfolios of investment companies.<br/></p>
