Wiley FINRA Series 24 Exam Review 2017

Book excerpt: Records Required to Be Maintained for Three Years -- Records Required to Be Maintained for Six Years -- Records Required to Be Maintained for the Life of the Firm -- Other Record Retention Requirements -- Requirement to Prepare and Maintain Records Under SEC 17a-3 and 17a-4 -- Financial Requirements -- Aggregate Indebtedness -- Haircuts -- Box Counts -- Missing and Lost Securities -- The Customer Protection Rule -- The Early Warning Rule -- FINRA Financial Requirements -- Subordinated Loans -- Temporary Subordination Agreements -- Calculating Net Capital -- Fidelity Bonds -- Pretest -- Chapter 3 Issuing Corporate Securities -- The Prospectus -- The Final Prospectus -- Free Writing Prospectus -- Providing the Prospectus to Aftermarket Purchasers -- SEC Disclaimer -- Misrepresentations -- Tombstone Ads -- Free Riding and Withholding/FINRA Rule 5130 -- Underwriting Corporate Securities -- Types of Underwriting Commitments -- Firm Commitment -- Best Efforts -- Mini-Maxi -- All or None (AON) -- Standby -- Types of Offerings -- Initial Public Offering (IPO)/New Issue -- Subsequent Primary/Additional Issues -- Primary Offering vs. Secondary Offering -- Awarding the Issue -- The Underwriting Syndicate -- Selling Group -- Underwriter's Compensation -- Management Fee -- Underwriter's Fee -- Selling Concession -- Underwriting Spread -- Factors That Determine the Size of the Underwriting Spread -- Review of Underwriting Agreements by FINRA -- Underwriter's Compensation -- Unreasonable Compensation -- Offering of Securities by FINRA Members -- Exempt Securities -- Exempt Transactions -- Private Placements/Regulation D Offerings -- Rule 144 -- Private Investment in a Public Equity (PIPE) -- REVERSE MERGER -- Regulation S Offerings -- Regulation A Offerings -- Crowdfunding -- Rule 145 -- Rule 147 Intrastate Offering -- Rule 137 Nonparticipants