Review the communication, offering, investor, and distribution rules that dominate the Series 82 exam.
The first Series 82 chapter is the largest because the exam begins where the private offering relationship begins: finding prospective investors, communicating with them lawfully, and understanding how a private offering is structured and distributed. This chapter is not about general equity or debt trivia. It is about what a private placement representative is allowed to say, sell, document, and distribute while seeking business for the firm.
Read this chapter as an offering workflow. Start with communications and advertising approvals, then move into exemptions, investor categories, and the basic legal structure of private offerings. Finish with mechanics such as best-efforts structures, placement-agent obligations, due diligence, compensation, and offering-period controls.
Exact Series 82 section lessons
These section lessons follow the Series 82 curriculum for this function. Use them before the older overview pages when you want full curriculum coverage.
Study public communications and marketing approvals for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study offerings: types and structures for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study private offering exemptions (reg d, reg s, rule 144a) for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study electronic offerings and online distribution issues for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study methods of distribution and offering structures for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study investor eligibility: accredited investor and qib determinations for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study due diligence and feasibility study for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study distribution mechanics and roles (placement agent / dealer manager) for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.
Study compensation and prohibited finder practices for FINRA Series 82 with learning objectives, private-placement workflow controls, decision rules, and exam traps.