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Death docs

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  1. Affidavit of domicile
  2. Death certificate
  3. Letters testamentary
  4. Inheritance tax waiver
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Insiders

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10% owners or
Access to non public info, and immediate family

Must file form 3 w/in 10 biz days

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U4

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Changes notified w/in 30 days, valid for 2 yrs,

Reg element - every 3 years
Firm element - every year

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Restricted stock

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Stock held by insiders, issued Privately. 6 month holding time frame

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Bearer bonds

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1k or 5k, coupons, no name

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Finra rule 5130 common stock restrictions and exemptions

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Common stock IPO, cannot be sold to restricted persons: brokerage firms, ee’s of the former, immediate family, attorneys/accountants that helped w/ UW, PM’s, insiders of BD’s, investment club owners

Exemptions: ee’s, subsidiaries, customers, creditors, suppliers, of the issuer

Does not apply to:
Exempt securities, investment co’s, preferred stock, bonds, adr’s, dpp’s, primary, secondary, combo

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Erroneous share report

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Incorrect # of shares can reject

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8
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Record keeping requirements

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6 yrs - most acct stuff
5 yrs - SARs, ID's
4 yrs - complaints
3 yrs - everything
2 yrs - easily accessible
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9
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Maloney act

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1938, created nasd, forerunner of finra

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10
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Sell out

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Failure to pay by settlement date

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Confirmation

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Sent at or prior to completion of transaction

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12
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Settlement

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Test yourself

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13
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Payment extensions for settlement can be provided by?

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Finra, fed, any exchange

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14
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Account statements frequency

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Active - monthly
Inactive - quarterly
Mutual fund - semi annual

AIM

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Contemporaneous cost

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Used for inactive , non competitive securities

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COP - code of procedures

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Method if resolving disputes, can be appealed

Order of appeal: panel, nac, sec, fed, supreme

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Penny stock

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Valued at less than $5, can only be OTC

Risk disclosure doc required for ALL purchases

Suitability statement signed by customer except:
Accredited investor
Unsolicited
Established cust
BD transaction
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Prime brokerage

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500k min or

100k min if with an IA

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Simplified arbitration

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Member vs non member, less than 50k, 1 person panel

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Self regulatory organization SRO

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Any exchange, nyse, finra, msrb

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New acct signatures

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Rep - no
Customer - no (unless margin)
Principal - yes

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AML reporting

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Report the following:
$10k - submit to CTR to fincen form 112

$5k SAR

$3k - only need to record

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Finra rule 5121 UW requirements for IPO

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Regulates issue of securities for IPO, must use qualified UW, 3 issues, 3 yrs, 3 same size

For non IPO offerings cannot use UW

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24
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Dividends regular way trade

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But before the ex date to get divs

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Finra rule 2111

3 components of suitability

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  1. Reasonable basis - some investors
  2. Customer specific - one customer
  3. Quant suitability - series of transactions
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Markdown

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Sell at the bid

27
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Transfer agent

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Managed certificates, responsible for good delivery, sends divs, sends proxies

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Inspections

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Osj annually
Branch 3 yrs
Min branch periodic

29
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Dividends cash trade

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Buy on or before record date

30
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Finra fees

Assessment vs. Fee

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Assessment on transactions

Fees on # of branches and reps

31
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Sarbanes Oxley

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2002, regulates reporting of issuers, separation of bankers and analysts, CEO and CFO certify all fin reports

Only security registration also requires majority of board

32
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Deadline to settle trades

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35 days but funds must be in bank acct w/in 5 days

33
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Trades subject to 5% policy

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  1. Principal - dealer charges markup/markdown
  2. Agency - broker charges a commission
  3. Risk less - simultaneous, firm buys own inventory for resale
  4. Proceeds - sell used to buy
34
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A-CAT

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Written notice to distributing firm, one day to verify, 3 days to send

35
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Simplified industry arbitration

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Member vs member, less than 50k, 1 person panel

36
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Insider trades

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SEC form 4 w/in 2 biz days after trade

37
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Trades exempt from 5% policy

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  1. New offerings, IPO, primary, secondary, combined
  2. Member to member
  3. Exempt securities
38
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Institutional lit

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No need for filing or principal approval

39
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Advertisements

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Non targeted

40
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Net capital

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Minimum requirement, calculated monthly, on balance sheet

41
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Registrar

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Maintains list of shareholders, ensures issued shares don’t exceed authorized

42
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Buy in

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Failure to deliver certs

Acct frozen 90 days

43
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Rule 144 control stock restrictions

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Control stock restriction
Can sell up to 1% of outstanding shares or avg trading volume of last 4 weeks, whichever is Greater

Only pertains to selling of shares

44
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Erasure guarantee

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A form of power of substitution used for incorrect spelling of name

45
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Erroneous report rule

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Discrepancy on price between report and transaction must be accepted

46
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Fully registered bonds

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1k up to 100k, no coupons, named

47
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Dividend calendar

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DERP
2 days between ex and record

NYSE sets the ex date, board of directors does the rest

Divs and splits reported to finra/sec w/in 10 biz days prior to record date

48
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Finra investor education and protection rule

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Provided annually, finra website and address, disclosure hotline, stmt of availability

49
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Insider trades exemptions

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Prearranged trading plan
Cannot short sell
Can sell at loss or Breakeven

50
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Markup

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Buy at the ask

51
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Inside info

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Released simaltaneously via media, including social or SEC form 8k, w/in 4 days of event

52
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Control stock

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Stock held by insiders, purchased Publicy

53
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UGMA

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Think Generic, $1050 tax free, $1050 taxed at minor rate of 10%, rest taxed to guardian

54
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SEC

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Created 1934, regulates investors, issuers, b/d,

55
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5% owners

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File form 13-D with SEC w/in 10 days

Plus each time 1% increase until 10%

56
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Relevant factors for finra 5% guideline

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PEAS

Price
Expense
Availability
Size

57
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Contemporaneous price

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Used for inactive, competitive securities

58
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Good delivery - lots

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Must be multiples, divisors or add up to 100

59
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Lit filing requirements

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Most require filing w/in 10 biz days AFTER 1st use

Exemptions:
Tombstone
No recommends
Recruiting
Already filed
60
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Sales ads

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Targeted

25/30

61
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Principals approve:

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New accts
Advertising
Complaints
Trades

62
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DERP

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Record date is 2 days after ex

63
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Suitability factors

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All of the above excluding educational

64
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Min junk fax fine

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$500 per page

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