FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice Which Provides Guidance on Customer Communications Related to Departing Registered Representatives- Part 1
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
On April 5, 2019, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 19-10 to provide guidance on customer communications related to departing registered representatives. This is the first in a series to address the key points in FINRA Regulatory Notice 19-10.
To begin, in the general background section, FINRA points out that the purpose of the regulatory notice is to ensure that customers can make a timely and informed choice about where to maintain their assets when their registered representative leaves a firm.
As a rule of thumb, FINRA expects member firms to “promptly and clearly communicate to affected customers how their accounts will continue to be serviced” after the departure of a registered representative. In addition, FINRA expects member firm to provide customers with “timely and complete answers, if known, when the customer asks questions about a departing registered representative.”
What does that mean? How can advisors best position themselves to take advantage of regulatory Notice 19-10 in their transitions? We will address those and other questions during this series.
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