Currently, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) for TRACE Corporate and Agency Debt and Securitized Products was modified to limit trade retention to five rolling business days.
During this time the NTF Trade Management Window allowed users to search and view trades reported to TRACE within the past rolling five business days (T-5) instead of the standard rolling T-20 business day period.
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Firms can file communications for review via Advertising Regulation Electronic Files (AREF), an online application. In addition, firms can use AREF to view, print and save the department’s review letters. <a class="btn" href="/">test</a>
In 2020, FINRA and the CE Council embarked on the biggest transformation of the continuing education program in 25 years. And in the months ahead, those major changes are going into effect. On this episode, we learn what firms and reps can expect and why these changes will have such a big impact.
ORF Migration Task Checklist
(6/16/14, PDF 188 KB)
OTC Reporting Facility Migration: Frequently Asked Questions
(6/16/14, PDF 438 KB)
ORF Testing Guidelines
(3/26/14, PDF 301 KB)
ORF Migration Overview of Functional Changes
(2/10/14, PDF 126 KB)
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A member firm may include related performance information in institutional communications concerning continuously offered closed-end funds, subject to the stated conditions discussed in the letter.
FINRA’s Maintaining Qualifications Program (MQP) is currently open for eligible individuals during a second enrollment period, until December 31, 2023.
The second enrollment period is available to those who terminated their registration between March 15, 2020, and March 14, 2022.
API tests provide quick feedback, resilience against brittleness in tests compared to UI end-end tests, and provide consistent results. The business logic implemented in the server-side as an API does not need to be tested from the UI/presentation layer.
FINRA currently supports three methods for the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The -Counter Reporting (ORF) products – FIX, Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) and TRAQS.
Any client, including Service Bureaus, that currently utilizes CTCI and wishes to continue to deliver electronic transactions (i.e., not via TRAQS) needs to migrate to the FIX protocol by Monday, February 3,
The FINRA.org website includes a “System Status” page that reports current system conditions for FINRA-based products and applications.
FINRA will continue to deliver direct emails and post technical notices regarding ADF, ORF, TRACE and TRAQS products; additionally, the System Status page will provide a general view of the current status of all FINRA systems.
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The TRAQS issue preventing users from accessing and using the site has been resolved. TRAQS users should log out of the current session and log back in to reset and have complete functional capabilities. If clients have any questions regarding these events please contact FINRA Market Operations at (866) 776-0800.
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FINRA has observed a number of TRACE and ORF
