The SEC recently announced that an equity advisory firm and its owner agreed to pay more than $3.1 million to resolve charges that they improperly engaged in brokerage activity, as
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Who Wants To Know How OBA Disclosures Can Save Your Firm?
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Over the years that I have defended broker-dealers and investment advisors, a more robust overview of outside business activity (OBA) disclosures would have gone a long way to disprove a…
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Who still thinks FINRA is not interested in elder investor issues
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As you may know, FINRA, last April, launched a senior helpline to address issues pertaining to senior investors. According to recent reports, FINRA received calls on many different issues such…
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So what does the expedited release of a Form U-5 mean for you
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As of December 12, 2015, FINRA will release Form U-5s within three business days of a member firm’s submission, instead of the fifteen days currently provided for under Rule 8312.
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What an amended FINRA Rule 8312 may mean to you.
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FINRA has released for comment its proposed amendment to Rule 8312, otherwise known as the BrokerCheck Disclosure rule. As it currently stands, FINRA waits for 15 days before it releases…
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FINRA’s New EB-5 Disclosure Requirements re: Foreign Finders
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New FINRA Rule 2040 became effective late last month, requiring broker-dealers who sell EB-5 securities disclose to investors the amount of finder fee payments to non-registered foreign persons and receive…
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Who Needs The SEC Anyway
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At least one New York City official would answer that question in the negative. The city comptroller released a proposal that would require a financial advisor to clearly state whether…
Why You Need To Think Twice About That New Hire
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Starting July 1, member firms are required to have written procedures to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information in a registered representative’s U-4 within 30 days of the…
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M&A BROKER RELIEF FROM REGISTRATION
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The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets stated that it would not recommend enforcement action if a “mergers and acquisitions broker” were to engage in the sale or purchase of…
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When in Rome Do as the Romans or At Least Play by the Rules
By Ernest Badway on
Usually, we spend a fair amount of time advising our American broker-dealer clients, who do business overseas, that they have to follow the rules of those countries as well. However,…
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