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FINRA Notice 16-07

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Summary

January, 2016

The SEC approved new FINRA Rule 4518 as part of FINRA’s proposal to establish the new Funding Portal Rules and related forms.1 This Notice provides further guidance on new Rule 4518, which applies to registered broker-dealer members of FINRA that contemplate acting as intermediaries in transactions involving the offer or sale of securities pursuant to the crowdfunding provisions of Title III of the JOBS Act2 and the SEC’s Regulation Crowdfunding.3 Under the new rule, registered broker-dealer members must provide notification to FINRA, as specified in the rule and as discussed further in this Notice, prior to engaging in such activities. FINRA Rule 4518 will become effective on January 29, 2016.

See the attached pdf, for the full text:

pdf FINRA_Notice_16-07.pdf

FINRA Notice 16-05

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Summary

January, 2016

This Notice provides firms with information regarding a no-action letter1 issued by the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC staff) regarding electronic filing of the annual and supplemental reports required under SEA Rules 17a-5 and 17a-12.

See the attached pdf, for the full text:

pdf FINRA_Notice_16-05.pdf

FINRA Notice 16-04

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Summary

Effective December 20, 2015

The SEC recently approved FINRA’s proposal to merge its dispute resolution subsidiary, FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc. into and with its regulatory subsidiary, FINRA Regulation, Inc.1 FINRA continues to operate its dispute resolution program, now as a separate department within FINRA Regulation under the name of the Office of Dispute Resolution. To implement the merger, FINRA made necessary conforming amendments to its Plan of Allocation and Delegation of Functions by NASD to Subsidiaries (Delegation Plan), amended the FINRA Regulation By-Laws to incorporate substantive and unique provisions from the FINRA Dispute Resolution By-Laws, deleted the FINRA Dispute Resolution By-Laws in their entirety and made conforming amendments to FINRA rules. The SEC also approved amendments to the FINRA Regulation By-Laws to increase the total number of directors who may serve on the FINRA Regulation board from 15 to 17.

See the attached pdf, for the full text:

pdf FINRA_Notice_16-04.pdf

FINRA Notice 16-03

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Summary

Implementation Date: December 14, 2015

The SEC approved an amendment to FINRA Rule 0150 to codify the application of FINRA Rule 2121 and its Supplementary Material .01 and .02, which govern mark-ups and commissions, to transactions in exempted securities that are government securities. The amendment became effective upon SEC approval. The amended rule text is available in the online FINRA Manual.

See the attached pdf, for the full text:

pdf FINRA_Notice_16-03.pdf