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Key Topics - A to Z

A

B

  • Blue Sheets
  • Blockchain
  • Board of Governors
  • Bonds, See Fixed Income
  • Books & Records
  • Branch Office Registration Information
  • Breakpoints
  • Broker Compensation
  • Broker Dealer Firms We Regulate
  • Broker-Dealer Name Guidelines
  • Broker-Dealer Recruitment Disclosures
  • Broker-Dealer Registration
  • Business Continuity Planning

C

  • Candidates Seeking Waivers
  • Candidates Seeking Special Accommodations
  • Candidates with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
  • Capital Acquisition Brokers
  • Careers
  • Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional™ (CRCP™) program at Wharton University
  • Comment Letters
  • Commodities and Futures
  • Communications to Firms
  • Complex Products
  • Compliance Calendar
  • Compliance Tools
  • Compliance Vendor Directory
  • Conference and Events
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT)
  • Contact FINRA
  • Content Licensing
  • Continuing Education
  • Corporate Financing
  • CRD Public Records Validation Initiative
  • Cross Market and Cross Product Manipulation
  • Customer Account Transfers
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customer Information Protection
  • Customer Margin Balance Reporting
  • Customer Orders
  • Cybersecurity

D

E

F

  • Fees (disambiguation)
  • Fees and Payment Options
  • Fees, Qualification Exam 
  • Fines
  • Fines Policy
  • Fingerprints
  • FINRA Contact System
  • FINRA Institute at Wharton
  • FINRA360
  • FinTech
  • Firm Clearing Arrangements Filing
  • Firm Gateway
  • Firm Registration
  • Fixed Income
  • Follow FINRA
  • For Candidates
  • For Registered Reps
  • Form 211 Filings
  • Form BD
  • Form BDW
  • Form BR
  • Form NMA
  • Form U4
  • Form U5
  • Form U6
  • Forms, Registration
  • Frequently Asked Questions (All of them)
  • Funding and Liquidity
  • Funding Portal Registration
  • Funding Portals We Regulate

G

  • Get Involved
  • Gifts and Gratuities
  • Governance

H

  • Hurricane Relief for Member Firms
  • Hurricane Scams and Frauds

I

  • In the Media
  • Information and Testimony Requests
  • INSITE
  • Internal Audit
  • Internal Controls
  • Internships
  • Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules
  • Interpretations of FINRA’s Margin Rule
  • Interpretive Letters

L

  • Late Disclosure Fee
  • Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
  • Limited English Proficiency
  • Locations

M

  • Margin Account Requirements
  • Market Access
  • Market Data
  • Market Regulation
  • Mark-ups / Mark-downs
  • Materiality Consultation Process for Continuing Membership Applications
  • MCDC Initiative (Applications Received)
  • Member Application Program
  • Member Regulation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Transfers
  • Monthly and Quarterly Disciplinary Actions
  • Municipal Advisor Regulation
  • Municipal Securities
  • Mutual Funds

N

  • National Adjudicatory Council
  • National Market System (NMS) Plans
  • Natural Disaster Regulatory Relief
  • New Account Process / Client Onboarding
  • News Releases
  • Non-Traditional ETFs Frequently Asked Questions

O

  • OFAC Search Tool
  • Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence
  • Office of Hearing Officers (OHO)
  • Office of the Chief Economist
  • Office of the Ombudsman
  • Online Learning
  • Operating & Holiday Schedule
  • Order Audit Trail System (OATS)
  • Order Handling
  • Order Marking
  • Order Printed Publications
  • Order Routing Practices and Best Execution
  • OTC (ATS & Non-ATS) Transparency
  • OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB)
  • Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)

P

  • Paying for College
  • Podcasts, for Investors
  • Podcasts, for Industry
  • Private Placements
  • Public Disclosure Program
  • Public Offerings

Q

  • Qualification Exams

R

  • Records, See Books and Records
  • Reg SHO
  • Regulation M
  • Regulation NMS
  • Regulation T Filings
  • Regulatory & Compliance Alerts
  • Regulatory Filing Due Dates
  • Regulatory Notices
  • Regulatory Notifications
  • Regulatory Services
  • REITS
  • Report Center
  • Reports & Studies
  • Request Manager
  • Requests for Comments
  • Research Analyst Rules
  • Risk Control Assessment Survey
  • Rule 2080 (Formerly NASD Rule 2130)
  • Rule 3210 (FAQ)
  • Rule 4311(h)(2)
  • Rule 4530
  • Rule 4530 – CRD Form U4
  • Rule Filings
  • Rule Filings Status Report
  • Rulemaking Consolidation
  • Rulemaking Process

S

  • Sanction Guidelines
  • SEC Rule 605
  • SEC’s July 2013 Financial Responsibility Rule Amendments
  • Secure File Transfer
  • Security Futures
  • Senior Help Line
  • Senior Investors
  • Series 11 - Assistant Representative - Order Processing Exam (AR)
  • Series 14 - Compliance Official Exam (CO)
  • Series 16 - Supervisory Analysts Exam (SA)
  • Series 17 - United Kingdom Securities Representative Exam (IE)
  • Series 22 - Direct Participation Programs Representative Exam (DR)
  • Series 23 - General Securities Principal Exam - Sales Supervisor (GP)
  • Series 24 - General Securities Principal Exam (GP)
  • Series 26 - Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Principal Exam (IP)
  • Series 27 - Financial and Operations Principal Exam (FN)
  • Series 28 - Introducing Broker-Dealer Financial and Operations Principal Exam (FI)
  • Series 3 - National Commodities Futures Examination
  • Series 30 - NFA Branch Manager Examination (formerly, Branch Managers Examination – Futures)
  • Series 31 - Futures Managed Funds Examination
  • Series 32 - Limited Futures Examination - Regulations
  • Series 34 - Retail Off-Exchange Forex Examination
  • Series 37 - Canada Securities Representative Exam - With Options (CD)
  • Series 38 - Canada Securities Representative Exam - No Options (CN)
  • Series 39 - Direct Participation Programs Principal Exam (DP)
  • Series 4 - Registered Options Principal Exam (OP)
  • Series 42 - Registered Options Representative Exam (OR)
  • Series 50 - Municipal Advisor Representative Examination
  • Series 51 - Municipal Fund Securities Limited Principal Examination
  • Series 52 - Municipal Securities Representative Examination (MR)
  • Series 53 - Municipal Securities Principal Examination (MP)
  • Series 57 - Securities Trader Representative Exam (TD)
  • Series 6 - Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative Exam (IR)
  • Series 62 - Corporate Securities Representative Exam (CS)
  • Series 63 - Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination
  • Series 65 - Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
  • Series 66 - Uniform Combined State Law Examination
  • Series 7  - General Securities Representative Exam (GS)
  • Series 72 - Government Securities Representative Exam (RG)
  • Series 79 - Investment Banking Representative Exam (IB)
  • Series 82 - Private Securities Offerings Representative Exam (PR)
  • Series 9 and 10 - General Securities Sales Supervisor Examination
  • Series 99 - Operations Professional Exam (OS)
  • Short Interest Reporting
  • SIE Exam
  • Small Firms
  • Social Media and Communications with the Public
  • Social Media (see Follow FINRA)
  • Special Accommodations
  • Speeches and Testimony
  • Standing Committees
  • Statistics and Data
  • Subordination Agreements
  • Subscriptions
  • Suitability
  • Supervision
  • Supplemental Statement of Income (SSOI)

T

  • Targeted Examination Letters
  • Technology
  • Telemarketing
  • Test Enrollment Scheduling System
  • Testimony, Speeches and
  • Tick Size Pilot Program
  • TRACE for Treasuries
  • Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
  • Trade Reporting Facility (TRF)
  • Trade Reporting FAQ
  • Trading Activity Fee
  • Transparency Services

U

  • Uniform Practice Code (UPC)

V

  • Variable Annuities

W

  • Web CRD
  • Webinars
  • Whistleblower Tip Line