FINRA's Dispute Resolution Task Force issued its Final Report in mid-December. The Report reflects the group's consideration of wide-ranging issues affecting the nation's principle dispute-resolution forum for broker-dealers, their associated persons and customers. The Task Force made 51 recommendations for changes to FINRA Arbitrations, including: Improve Arbitrator Quality by:
- Increasing compensation;
- Improving recruitment for depth and diversity;
- Improving selection to provide a pool of 30 in all-public arbitrator cases; achieve earlier and better conflict ...