NRS Insights Blog
January 30 2018 - NRS Insights
What You Should Know Before Opening Your Exam Window This Summer/Fall!
FINRA’s transition from the current licensing exam requirements to the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) and Specialized Knowledge Exam (SKE) raises many questions for candidates who will be testing this fall.
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January 29 2018 - NRS Insights
SEC Chair vows to increase Investment Adviser Examinations
Despite deregulatory fever reaching high pitch in Washington D.C., broad reliance by investment advisers and broker dealers on such efforts may be misplaced in 2018. On the contrary, many industry experts and followers expect the pace of rulemaking and oversight to pick up this year.
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January 17 2018 - NRS Insights
FINRA releases final SIE exam outline and confirms effective date; specialized exam outlines to be released soon!
FINRA is radically restructuring its representative-level qualification exam program beginning October 1, 2018. Here’s what you can expect:
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November 17 2017 - NRS Insights
Heads Up: Year-End Is The End for FINRA Testing at Pearson VUE
Beginning January 1, 2018, Prometric will be the exclusive test facility for FINRA and FINRA client exams. In other words, December 31, 2017 will be the last day candidates may test at Pearson VUE facilities.
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November 9 2017 - NRS Insights
DOL Sends Final Rule to Extend Applicability Date of the Fiduciary Rule to the OMB
On Wednesday, November 1 the DOL submitted final amendments to the Office of Management and Budget that would extend the Transition Period for the Fiduciary Rule. A copy of the final rule is not available at this time; however, the DOL had proposed in August that the Transition Period be extended from January 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019.
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October 12 2017 - NRS Insights
FINRA Delays SIE Rollout Until October 1st, 2018
The new SIE will allow candidates to sit for a core qualification exam without sponsorship from a FINRA member firm. (Presently, candidates must be sponsored by a FINRA member broker/dealer to sit for the Series 6 or Series 7.) After passing the new SIE, a candidate must be sponsored by a FINRA member firm to sit for a specialty “top-off” examination (Series 6 or Series 7). Upon passing the top-off exam, the candidate is eligible to register as a new representative with that member.
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October 9 2017 - NRS Insights
FINRA Updates (Fixes?) Its Definition of Nonpublic Arbitrator . . .
FINRA Updates (Fixes?) Its Definition of Nonpublic Arbitrator… and Pulls Talent from the Bench!
The SEC has approved FINRA’s proposed amendments to the definition of nonpublic arbitrator contained in FINRA’s Code of Arbitration Procedure.
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October 4 2017 - NRS Insights
Compliance Alert: FinCEN’s Venezuela Advisory and FATF’s Updated Jurisdiction Documents
On September 20, 2017, FinCEN published Advisory FIN-2017-A006 to financial institutions about potential abuse of the U.S. financial systems by all Venezuelan government agencies and bodies, including state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The Venezuelan government uses its control over large parts of its socialist economy to generate considerable wealth for government officials and SOE executives, their families, and associates.
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October 3 2017 - NRS Insights
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Advertising Rule Compliance
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued a Risk Alert, based on deficiencies found by the OCIE’s examinations of investment advisers, that cites a number of advertising compliance issues relating to Rule 206(4)-1 of the Advisers Act of 1940.
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September 13 2017 - NRS Insights
Compliance Alert: FinCEN Advisory to Financial Institutions on Political Corruption Risks from South Sudan
FinCEN has publish an advisory to alert financial institutions about the potential abuse of the U.S. financial systems by senior political figures from South Sudan. The U.S. Department of State has been documenting the civil unrest with the warring parties who have failed to adhere to an agreed ceasefire, leaving the civilian population to suffer through widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations, as well as widespread food insecurity.
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