The Investment Dealers Association’s new regulatory resources management system is now live on the IDA’s web site.

The IDA says that the new search function will allow searches of the contents of the Rule Book, Bulletins and Notices simultaneously to create one summary of all references. Within each document included in the summary, every reference to the search term will be highlighted. In addition, within each document there’ll be cross referenced links to defined terms and regulations/rules.

Previously, a search was restricted to the Rule Book or Bulletins or Member Notices and search results were compiled in a simple listing without internal references to the search term or any cross referencing capacity. The IDA says that the new system will enable users to find more information faster and to manage information better.

The history of changes to the by-laws, policies and regulations will initially be tracked and displayed from May 1. Also, the offline downloadable version of the Rule Book will be available on June 15. The offline version will be updated monthly.