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FINRA Membership Interview – Part II
[Continued from FINRA Membership Interview – Part I] What happens during the FINRA Membership Interview? During the FINRA Membership Interview, the participants will discuss substantially all of the aspects of the firm’s proposed business. Emphasis will be placed on the FINRA, SEC, or MSRB rules applicable to the firm’s intended [...]
FINRA Membership Interview – Part I
So, you’ve decided to start or own a broker-dealer. You have completed Form NMA, submitted it to FINRA Gateway via the New Membership Application process with all of your supporting documents, and have gone through a round or 2 of information requests with the FINRA Membership Application Program Group (the [...]
FINRA Begins Publishing ATS Block Trade Data
FINRA has expanded its alternative trading system (ATS) transparency initiative. Beginning October 3, FINRA is now publishing monthly information on block-size trades occurring on ATS’s. Among other things, this data may be used by broker-dealers for market regulation surveillance purposes. The information can be found on FINRA’s website and is [...]
MSRB Revises Content Outline for Series 50 Exam
In June 2016, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the content outline for the Municipal Advisor Representative Qualification Examination (Series 50 exam). The content outline for the Series 50 exam has been amended to reflect changes to [...]
New Product Considerations for Broker-Dealers
What do you do when you add a new product to your firm’s approved offering listing? How do your reps know that a new product has been added? Do your policies & procedures even address new products? What sort of training do you provide? Does your firm need to file [...]
Is a Series 24 Required to Own a BD?
The question of who is required to have an active FINRA Series 24 (General Securities Principal) registration is often not as easy to answer as you may think. As a broker-dealer compliance consulting specialist, we encounter this question from seasoned FINRA compliance veterans and new broker-dealers alike. […]