In an unusual move, on July 26, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stayed an order that was previously issued by its own Division of Trading and Markets just one week earlier on July 19, 2024. That order...more
The die is cast: FINRA has published Regulatory Notice 24-02 (RN 24-02) announcing the effective dates and other key dates and considerations for its recently adopted Residential Supervisory Location (RSL) and Remote...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed on July 26, 2023 new rules designed to address conflicts of interest from the use of predictive data analytics in “investor interactions” by broker-dealers and...more
As many are aware, Congress passed its own version of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) broker no-action letter in December 2022, creating a new exemption from broker...more
The last few years have thrown many surprises at businesses. Organizations across all sectors have faced inflation, global conflicts, supply chain challenges, a pandemic, and continually changing government policies. In 2023,...more
1/23/2023
/ Automotive Industry ,
Capital Markets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Tax Credits
FINRA has announced that it is conducting a targeted examination of broker-dealer practices related to retail communications about “crypto asset” products and services. As part of this sweep, FINRA is asking broker-dealers...more
The staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission division of Investment Management announced that it would allow its October 26, 2017 no-action letter to SIFMA to expire on July 23, 2023—raising questions about the...more
While the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeks to modernize electronic recordkeeping requirements in a technology-neutral manner, its proposed amendments are unclear as to the permissible use of the “cloud” or...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed Rule 10c-1 would create a sweeping new reporting and disclosure regime for participants in the securities lending markets. Among other things, the proposal increases the...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published for comment on September 30 a proposed rule change by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) that would amend FINRA Rule 2231—the customer account...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published a regulatory notice (RN 21-32) on September 14, 2021 requesting comment on its policy relating to the assignment of OTC symbols to unlisted equity securities....more
FINRA is proposing to extend the ability of firms to have remote inspections until June 30, 2022. As discussed in the rule filing, FINRA Rule 3110.17 provide firms the option of satisfying their inspection obligations under...more
A recent FINRA regulatory notice recasts existing obligations regarding outsourcing as a procedural roadmap for broker-dealers to “consider” when using third-party vendors. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc....more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently published Regulatory Notice 21-18 about roundtable discussions with 20 firms of various sizes and business models concerning customer account takeover incidents....more
While an SEC proposal to exempt “finders” from broker-dealer registration requirements is promising, potential hazards remain and interpretive questions may persist. ...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert on August 12 highlighting compliance considerations created by the coronavirus (COVID-19)...more
8/20/2020
/ Brokers ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Investor Protection ,
OCIE ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, US Securities and Exchange Commission, and state securities regulators recognize the significant impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on broker-dealers, investors, and...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recognize the significant impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on broker-dealers, investors, and other stakeholders, and have...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced that its amendments to Rules 5130 and 5131 (the Rules) pertaining to allocations of new issues will be effective on January 1, 2020. Broker-dealers and other...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved amendments to FINRA Rules 5130 and 5131 (the Rules). The Rules are intended to promote fairness in the allocation of new issues of equity securities by...more
FINRA and its predecessor NASD have long worked to promote fairness in the allocation of new issues of equity securities by prohibiting allocations to broker-dealers and persons who, among other things, own or control,...more
US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton issued a statement on July 3 that should help to rationalize the process for firms seeking waivers from disqualification resulting from certain enforcement actions....more
A recent bill has been introduced again in the US House of Representatives that would make it much tougher for firms subject to SEC enforcement actions to obtain waivers for bad actor disqualifications in federal securities...more
To help retail investors better understand the services, fees, costs, conflicts of interest, and required standards of conduct that apply to relationships with broker-dealers (Broker-Dealers), federally registered investment...more
6/28/2019
/ Best Interest Standard ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Form CRS ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
New Rules ,
Regulation Best Interest ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standard of Conduct
The US Securities and Exchange Commission voted on June 5 to adopt its long-awaited rules governing retail advice. These new standards of conduct include the adoption of Regulation BI and Form CRS, as well as interpretive...more