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SEC approves FINRA outside business activity rule overhaul reforms

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SEC approves FINRA’s overhaul of OBA rules, easing oversight of low-risk side jobs while preserving scrutiny of investment activities.

The SEC has finally approved FINRA’s long-awaited rewrite of rules governing brokers’ outside business activities (OBAs) and private securities transactions.

In a 72-page order issued ahead of an October 1 deadline, the regulator signed off on rule changes FINRA submitted earlier this year, capping nearly a decade of efforts to

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