Wiley FINRA Series 99 Exam Review 2017 The Operations Professional Examination
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About This Book xvi
About the Test Bank xvii
About the Securities Institute of America xviii
Chapter 1 Equity and Debt Securities 1
What Is a Security? 1
Capitalization 2
Common Stock 3
Preferred Stock 9
Types of Dividends 12
Rights 13
Warrants 14
Options 15
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)/American Depositary Shares (ADSs) 20
Debt Securities/Bonds 21
The Money Market 36
Limited Partnerships 38
Pretest 45
Chapter 2 Brokerage Office Procedures and Back–Office Operations 49
Hiring New Employees 49
Resignation of a Registered Representative 50
Registration Exemptions 51
Persons Ineligible to Register 52
Disciplinary Actions Against a Registered Representative 53
Termination for Cause 54
Outside Employment 54
Private Securities Transactions 55
Gift Rule 55
Sharing in a Customer s Account 56
Borrowing and Lending Money 56
Order Tickets 57
Executing an Order 57
Becoming a Stockholder 59
Clearly Erroneous Reports 60
Execution Errors 61
Unconfirmed Trades 62
Corporate and Municipal Securities Settlement Options 62
When–Issued Securities 64
Government Securities Settlement Options 65
Accrued Interest 65
Close Outs 66
Customer Confirmations 67
Rules for Good Delivery 68
Rejection of Delivery 70
Reclamation 70
Marking to the Market 71
Customer Account Statements 71
Dividend Distribution 72
Proxies 74
Operations Professionals Covered Persons 75
Operational Red Flags 76
Pretest 77
Chapter 3 Record Keeping, Financial Requirements, and Clearing 81
Blotters 81
General Ledger 82
Customer Accounts 82
Suspense Account 82
Subsidiary (Secondary) Records 82
Securities Position Book (Ledger) Stock Record 83
Order Tickets 83
Confirmations and Notices 83
Monthly Trial Balances and Net Capital Computations 83
Employment Applications 83
Records Required to Be Maintained for 3 Years 84
Records Required to Be Maintained for 6 Years 84
Records Required to Be Maintained for the Life of the Firm 84
Requirement to Prepare and Maintain Records Under SEC 17a–3 and 17a–4 86
Financial Requirements 87
Box Counts 89
Missing and Lost Securities 90
The Customer Protection Rule 91
FINRA Financial Requirements 94
Fidelity Bonds 95
Carrying of Customer Accounts 96
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) 97
The Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) 98
The Option Clearing Corporation (OCC) 99
American vs. European Exercise 99
Expiration and Exercise 100
Pretest 101
Chapter 4 Issuing Corporate Securities 105
The Prospectus 106
The Final Prospectus 106
Prospectus to Be Provided to Aftermarket Purchasers 107
SEC Disclaimer 108
Misrepresentations 108
Tombstone Ads 108
Free Riding and Withholding/FINRA Rule 5130 109
Underwriting Corporate Securities 110
Types of Underwriting Commitments 111
Types of Offerings 113
Exempt Securities 115
Exempt Transactions 115
Rule 137 Nonparticipants 122
Rule 138 Nonequivalent Securities 123
Rule 139 Issuing Research Reports 123
Rule 415 Shelf Registration 124
Securities Offering Reform Rules 124
SEC Rule 405 125
Additional Communication Rules 126
Crowdfunding 127
Pretest 129
Chapter 5 Trading Securities 133
Types of Orders 133
The Exchanges 137
The Role of the Designated Market Maker 138
Crossing Stock 141
Do Not Reduce (DNR) 141
Adjustments for Stock Splits 142
Super Display Book (SDBK) 142
Short Sales 143
Threshold Securities 146
Over the Counter/Nasdaq 147
Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs) 150
Non–Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board 151
Pink OTC Market 151
Third Market 152
Fourth Market 152
The Order Audit Trail System (OATS) 153
Broker vs. Dealer 153
FINRA s 5% Markup Policy 154
Markups/Markdowns When Acting as a Principal 155
Riskless Principal Transactions 155
Net Transactions with Customers 156
Proceeds Transactions 156
Firm Quote Rule 157
Trade Complaints Between Members 157
Pretest 159
Chapter 6 General Supervision 163
The Role of the Principal 163
Continuing Education 165
Tape Recording Employees 167
Heightened Supervisory Requirements 167
Information Obtained from an Issuer 168
Customer Complaints 168
Investor Information 169
Member Offices 169
Annual Compliance Review 171
Business Continuity Plan 171
Currency Transactions 172
The Patriot Act 172
Identity Theft 174
Pretest 175
Chapter 7 Customer Accounts 179
Opening a New Customer Account 179
Holding Securities 181
The Depository Trust Company (DTC) 182
Mailing Instructions 183
Types of Ownership 183
Death of a Customer 184
Partnership Accounts 185
Trusts 185
Corporate Accounts 186
Trading Authorization 186
Accounts for Employees of Other Broker Dealers 191
Numbered Accounts 191
Prime Brokerage Accounts 191
Account Transfers 192
Bulk Account Transfers 193
Margin Accounts 194
Guaranteeing a Customer s Account 196
Day Trading Accounts 196
Commingling Customer s Pledged Securities 196
Wrap Account 197
Regulation S–P 197
Pretest 199
Chapter 8 Margin Accounts 203
Regulation of Credit 203
House Rules 206
Establishing a Long Position in a Margin Account 206
Establishing a Short Position in a Margin Account 212
Margin Requirements for Day Trading 216
Combined Margin Accounts 217
Portfolio Margin Accounts 218
Securities Backed Lines of Credit 219
Minimum Margin for Leveraged ETFs 219
Pretest 221
Chapter 9 Investment Companies 225
Investment Company Philosophy 225
Types of Investment Companies 226
Investment Company Registration 228
Investment Company Components 230
Mutual Fund Distribution 233
Distribution of Mutual Fund Shares 234
Mutual Fund Prospectus 234
Additional Disclosures by a Mutual Fund 236
Anti–Reciprocal Rule 236
Money Market Funds 237
Valuing Mutual Fund Shares 237
Mutual Fund Sales Charges 237
Sales Charge Reductions 239
Voting Rights 243
Portfolio Turnover 244
Recommending Mutual Funds 244
Exchange Traded Funds/ETFs 245
Exchange Traded Notes/ETNs 245
ETFs That Track Alternatively Weighted Indexes 245
Alternative Funds 246
Floating Rate Bank Loan Funds 246
Structured Retail Products/SRPs 247
Pretest 249
Chapter 10 Variable Annuities and Retirement Plans 253
Annuities 253
Recommending Variable Annuities 257
Retirement Plans 262
ERISA 404C Safe Harbor 275
Department of Labor Fiduciary Rules 276
Health Savings Accounts 276
Pretest 279
Chapter 11 Securities INDUSTRY Rules and Regulations 283
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 283
Becoming a Member of FINRA 287
Registration of Agents/Associated Persons 288
State Registration 289
Retail Communications/Communications with the Public 289
Securities Investor Protection Corporation Act of 1970 294
The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 295
The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 296
Firewalls 296
Telemarketing Rules 297
The Penny Stock Cold Call Rule 298
Violations and Complaints 299
Political Contributions 303
Investment Adviser Registration 304
Investment Adviser Representatives 306
Investment Adviser Advertising and Sales Literature 307
Soft Dollars 308
The Uniform Securities Act 310
Pretest 311
Answer Keys 315
Glossary of Exam Terms 323
Index 389
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