Board of Governors Meetings

The FINRA Board approved FINRA’s 2025 budget and a rulemaking item related to outside business activities and private securities transactions, and appointed new members to the SFAC and NAC.

The FINRA Board announced two newly appointed Industry Governors, received an update on FINRA’s Enforcement Digital Transformation and continued discussions around FINRA’s long-term financial planning.

Read CEO Robert Cook’s email to firms previewing topics the Board is scheduled to discuss at the September 2024 FINRA Board of Governors Meeting.

Read CEO Robert Cook’s email to firms previewing topics the Board is scheduled to discuss at the July 2024 FINRA Board of Governors Meeting.

During its May 8-9 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors approved FINRA’s 2023 Annual Financial Report and appointed new members to FINRA’s Advisory Committees.

During its March 6 and 7 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors approved a rule proposal to lower the age at which parties qualify for accelerated arbitration processing and approved the allocation of prior-year fine monies.

The FINRA Board of Governors is holding its final meeting of the year, with Board committees giving consideration to multiple issues.

During its September 13 and 14 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors reaffirmed FINRA’s Financial Guiding Principles and continued discussions around FINRA’s Regulatory Operations and received an overview of pending and final regulatory initiatives affecting member firms.

During its July 12 and 13 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors Re-elected Eric Noll as chair, re-appointed public governors Deborah Bailey, Lisa Fairfax and Maureen Jensen, and approved three rulemaking items.

During its May 17 and 18 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors appointed new public governor Lisa Fairfax, approved FINRA’s 2022 Annual Financial Report and appointed new members to FINRA Advisory Committees.

FINRA’s Board of Governors met on March 9 and 10, and it approved a proposal to shorten the securities settlement cycle from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one (T+1) and approved the allocation of 2022 fine monies to various capital initiatives.