Updating Uniform Forms (Form U4 Amendments)
Chapters in this video
- 0:00 The continuous duty to keep Form U4 current and accurate
- 1:46 Reportable triggers: criminal charges, complaints, and address changes
- 3:18 FINRA's 30-day ordinary clock and 10-day statutory disqualification clock
- 4:31 The felony charge trap: charge versus conviction timelines
- 5:45 Change-of-connection exception for firm-to-firm moves
- 6:25 Wrong when filed versus went stale afterward penalty grounds
- 7:55 Rapid-fire exam recap
What this video covers
- What events trigger a Form U4 correcting amendment, from criminal charges and customer complaints to address changes and name changes
- Why the Uniform Securities Act (USA) requires updates only "promptly" but FINRA translates that to 30 days for ordinary amendments and 10 days for statutory disqualifications
- The exam trap that a felony charge alone triggers the amendment obligation, even without conviction, but remains on the ordinary 30-day clock, not the 10-day clock
- The explicit exception that a change-of-connection notice covers firm-to-firm moves, so no separate U4 amendment is required for the move itself
- Why a filing that was wrong when filed is a filing-deficiency ground for denial, suspension, or revocation with no willfulness required
- Why a filing that was accurate on day one but went stale later requires proof of a willful violation before the Administrator can penalize the registrant
- How to distinguish answer choices that incorrectly let the Administrator revoke for an innocently outdated filing on the wrong-when-filed ground
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