The SEC Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management encouraged issuers to allow shareholder proponents to present their proposals through "alternative means" during the 2020 and 2021 proxy seasons.
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A firm and its principal settled FINRA charges for failing to establish an adequate AML program and a supervisory system.
In a joint statement, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the OCC, in consultation with FinCEN and the National Credit Union Administration, described how the agencies' "Supervisory Guidance on Model Risk Management" relates to Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering systems.
FINRA reminded members of their obligations regarding (i) the performance of due diligence on customers seeking to open trade options, (ii) the supervisory reviews of options accounts and (iii) margin requirements for options.
The SEC published in the Federal Register amendments to Regulation NMS that expand national market system information required to be collected, consolidated and disseminated "with respect to quotations for, and transactions in, national market system stocks."