FINRA applauds Chair White's speech today on the important issue of enhancing America's equity market structure.
News Releases & Statements
Washington — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has censured and fined Barclays Capital, Inc.; Goldman Sachs & Co.; and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., $1 million each for failing to provide complete and accurate information about trades performed by the firms and their customers, commonly known as "blue sheet" data, to FINRA, the SEC and other regulators.
WASHINGTON — As part of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)'s effort to increase market transparency and thereby enhance investor confidence, FINRA today began providing data indicating the activity levels in each alternative trading system (ATS), including all market facilities commonly called "dark pools."
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC $5,000,000 for supervisory failures related to the solicitation of retail customers to invest in initial public offerings (IPOs).
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is pleased to announce the SEC's recent approval of a FINRA rule change to limit self-trading. This change to FINRA Rule 5210 requires firms to have policies and procedures in place that are reasonably designed to review their trading activity for, and prevent, a pattern or practice of self-trades resulting from orders originating from a single algorithm or trading desk, or related algorithms or trading desks.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has named Leslie F. Seidman as a new Public Governor. Ms. Seidman previously served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from 2010 to 2013, having been appointed to the FASB as a Board member in 2003.
WASHINGTON — The Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a decision today finding Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. violated FINRA rules when the firm attempted to keep investors from participating in judicial class actions by adding waiver language to customer account agreements.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that its Board of Governors approved amendments to FINRA's supervision rule that would expand the obligations of firms to check the background of applicants for registration, including first-time applications as well as transfers, to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in an applicant's Form U4.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued two new Regulatory Notices as part of an initiative to conduct retrospective rule reviews on an ongoing basis.
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined LPL Financial LLC $950,000 for supervisory deficiencies related to the sales of alternative investment products, including non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil and gas partnerships, business development companies (BDCs), hedge funds, managed futures and other illiquid pass-through investments.