North American Securities Administrators Association
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), founded in Kansas in 1919, is the oldest international investor protection organization. NASAA was created to protect consumers who purchase securities or investment advice, and its jurisdiction extends to a variety of issuers and intermediaries who offer and sell securities to the public.
Its current membership is 67 Administrators from the territories, districts, and States of the United States, from Mexico, and from the provinces of Canada.
NASAA also coordinates and implements training programs and education seminars for state, district, provincial, and territorial securities agency staff.
The Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam is written and administered by NASAA.
Representative of the nature of its activities are its warnings to be on the look-out against investment fraud,[1], its bringing focus to the tax advantages of college plans,[2], and its weighing in on naked short selling litigation aimed at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.[3]
[edit] See also
- Uniform Securities Act
- Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam (Series 6)
- Mark J. Astarita's introductory article Introduction to the Blue Sky Laws
- State Securities Laws and Commissions
