On Monday, January 22, 2018, in response to requests by member firms, FINRA will implement changes to the TRACE for Treasuries (U.S. Treasuries) trade reporting retention period. Currently, trade reports for U.S. Treasuries transactions are retained on a rolling 2-day period (T-1). Following the change, trade reports for U.S. Treasuries transactions will be retained on a rolling 3-day period (T-2
Board Approves 2018 Budget, Rule Proposals, Enhanced Committee Structure and Improved Registration System
WASHINGTON — FINRA’s Board of Governors held its final meeting of 2017 on Dec. 13-14 in New York, where it approved FINRA’s 2018 budget and updated Financial Guiding Principles – both of which FINRA will publish for the first time in early 2018. It also approved advancing several rule
Inactive Exchange Participants
Representations under Rules 5130 and 5131 may be obtained electronically through a mobile application, provided that the method for obtaining representations complies with SEC and FINRA guidance regarding the use of electronic communications, and the representations satisfy the requirements set forth in Rules 5130 and 5131.
December 11, 2017
Lawrence Cohen
Of Counsel
Gordon Rees Scully
October 12, 2006
On July 17, 2006, NASDAQ published Head Trader Alert #2006-105 announcing that the SEC had approved NASDAQ's System Integration proposal allowing NASDAQ® to integrate the NASDAQ Market Center®, Brut and INET into a single platform.(http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/TraderNews.aspx?id=hta2006-105). On August 16, 2006, NASDAQ announced in head trader Alert #2006-116 that the single
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated $1.4 million for failing to establish a reasonable supervisory system and procedures to identify and evaluate extended settlement transactions, and for related rule violations.
Extended settlement transactions have a longer time between
August 7, 2006
NASD is publishing this article to provide additional guidance to members regarding use of the Routing Method Code of "S" (Smart Router) on Route and Combined Order/Route Reports.1
For purposes of OATS reporting, NASD defines a Smart Router as a system that, based on predetermined logic applied to variable market conditions, determines without human intervention, the
Please note: MSRB Rule G-32 has replaced MSRB Rule G-36, effective June 1, 2009; as a result, the MSRB G-36 Report Card is no longer being published.
Annual Audit; FOCUS; Form Custody; Supplemental Statement of Income (SSOI); Supplemental Schedule for Derivatives and Other Off-Balance Sheet Items (OBS); and Supplemental Inventory Schedule (SIS)
