They made trades designed to game baseball's free
agent compensation rules, a strategy that came to a head in 2011 when the Rays owned 12 of the first 90 picks in the MLB draft.
Not exact matches
In addition, she says FINRA
Rule 2320 «still allows noncash
compensation so long as it is based on the total production of the
agent with respect to all variable contract securities distributed by the member and the noncash
compensation is equally weighted across variable annuity contracts.»
Even in cases where companies do not choose to provide or are barred by FINRA
rules from providing noncash
compensation awards directly to
agents, the report says, «they frequently provide cash or noncash incentives to the third - party marketing organizations that then pass these awards on to the
agents.»
Similar to the DOL
rule, the NAIC model would place limits on
agent compensation, require more disclosures and set a «best interest» standard.
Similar to the Department of Labor fiduciary
rule, the NAIC model would place limits on
agent compensation, require more disclosures and set a «best interest» standard.
On another occasion, Shero expressed interest in signing free
agent Defenseman Dave Hutchison, who played last year for Los Angeles (and subsequently signed with Toronto), without realizing, astonishingly, that NHL
rules require
compensation in such cases.
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The Fed said they are also instituting a
rule prohibiting loan originators from directing a consumer to accept a home mortgage that is not in the consumer's best interest in order to increase the loan
agents»
compensation.
The good will indemnity derives from an analogous application of
rules regarding commercial
agents: the commercial
agent directive (86 / 653 / EEC) introduced compulsory indemnity /
compensation in favour of the commercial
agent under certain circumstances if the contract is terminated.
In the meantime, the industry is following the lead of HUD's 2010 interpretive
rule addressing the conditions for
agents and brokers to receive
compensation for selling the warranties, says Ken Trepeta, director of NAR's Real Estate Services.
The settlements shed fresh light on what realty industry and legal experts say is a persistent problem: Brokers and
agents continue to pocket cash and other
compensation for steering business to lenders and title companies in violation of federal anti-kickback
rules as interpreted and enforced by the CFPB.
The Participation
Rule set forth in the 2008 settlement agreement permits MLSs to limit access to only those brokers engaged in real estate brokerage; that is, those actively endeavoring to list real property or to accept offers of cooperation and
compensation made by listing brokers or
agents in the MLS.
NAR and its industry partners have long disputed a 2010 HUD
ruling that the sale of home warranty contracts by real estate
agents for
compensation was a per se violation of RESPA.