Succession planning, catastrophe planning, contingency planning--whatever you want to call it, these plans are important not just for customers and registered representatives but can even be a matter of life or death when it comes to the continued existence of a firm. 

On this episode, we talk to Jeanette Wingler, FINRA’s Special Assistant to the CEO, and Elena Schlickenmaier, a Senior Principal Analyst in Member Supervision, to dig into Regulatory Notice 22-23 on succession planning to hear how and why firms should plan for the expected and unexpected in life.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Regulatory Notice 22-23

Rule 4370: Business Continuity Planning

Rule 2040: Payments to Unregistered Persons

Continuing Membership Application Resources

FINRA Examination and Risk Monitoring Programs