Tag Archives: CRD

Column: “FINRA’s Proposed Changes to Broker Expungement” – As seen on WealthManagement.com

On December 11, 2013, WealthManagement.com ran Patrick Mahoney’s latest editorial,  FINRA’S Proposed Changes to the Broker Expungement Process, as part of his periodic column, The Legal Rep.  A link to the article is available HERE.   The article’s content is available below: In April 2012, FINRA released Regulatory Notice 12-18, which features FINRA’s proposed overhaul of […]

Column:”Petty Crimes on Broker Records – Can they be Expunged?” – As seen in WealthManagement.com

On November 22, 2013, WealthManagement.com ran Patrick Mahoney’s editorial Petty Crimes on Broker Records – Can they be Expunged?.  A link to the article is available HERE.   The article’s content is available below: FINRA rules require brokers to make extensive and often intrusive disclosures (vis-à-vis a broker’s Central Registration Depository (“CRD”) record) concerning their work and disciplinary […]

Patrick Mahoney Published in InvestmentNews Concerning Expungement

On August 19, 2013, InvestmentNews magazine ran an Op-Ed concerning broker expungement authored by Patrick Mahoney. The article is available HERE and a preview of it is below.  

FINRA’s New Suitability Rule – Some Best Practices in Light of FINRA Rule 2111

Since FINRA implemented FINRA Rule 2111 (aptly named, the “Suitability Rule”) in July 2012, broker-dealers have been scrambling to update their internal systems and educate their brokers to prepare for the rigors of the rule change.  Indeed, the Suitability Rule creates a totally ambiguous (and borderline impossible) standard that brokers are expected to meet before he […]