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Under federal securities laws and FINRA rules, a broker-dealer must establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures—commonly referred to as Information Barriers or Chinese Walls—to isolate material nonpublic information and prevent its improper flow between investment banking departments and trading personnel.

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The statement is true because the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 explicitly mandates that broker-dealers establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures—known as Information Barriers or Chinese Walls—to prevent the unauthorized transmission of material nonpublic information between departments such as investment banking and trading.

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Analyze broker-dealer regulatory obligations regarding material nonpublic information (MNPI).

Firms carrying out multi-service operations (such as investment banking and retail trading) handle sensitive MNPI during corporate transactions.

Federal securities regulations mandate structural safeguards to restrict access to MNPI.

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Evaluate the requirement for Information Barriers (Chinese Walls).

Broker-dealers are legally required to establish, maintain, and enforce written supervisory procedures that physically and electronically restrict the flow of MNPI.

This prevents conflicts of interest and illegal insider trading by employees who execute market transactions.

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Information Barriers and Broker-Dealer Supervisory Obligations

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Insider Trading and Misuse of Material Nonpublic Information