FINRA enforcement chief Susan Merrill announced at a Practising Law Institute Gathering on “Coping with Dealer/Broker Regulation and Enforcement” that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority rulebook, which consolidates NASD and NYSE Rules might not be completed until the end of 2008 or even into 2009.
Merrill said that the consolidation is causing FINRA to ponder whether different kinds of firms should be regulated differently and whether it makes sense to use principle-based standards more frequently.
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