May 31, 2005
NASDAQ has recently enhanced the SuperMontage order modification process to allow for, among other things, the price of an order to be changed without having to cancel the original order and submit a new order.1 This enhanced order modification process impacts members' OATS obligations when reporting order modifications for orders that have been routed to SuperMontage. In
Q. What is a duplicate disclosure and how is a duplicate disclosure created?
A. A "Duplicate Disclosure" is when a firm files a Form U4, Form U5 or Form BD to report the same disclosure event multiple times via separate (i.e., new or "initial") Disclosure Reporting Pages (DRPs). Rather than amending the existing DRP to report any updated details, a firm creates and files a
March 24, 2005
NASD has recently made several changes to the OATS Compliance Sweeps that are conducted by the Market Regulation Department. The following list highlights some of the more significant sweeps conducted by the Market Regulation OATS Team and the changes that have been implemented recently for each type of review. Members should note that the following is not a comprehensive list
FINRA Requests Comment on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Its Payments for Market Making Rule
Please be aware the following Nasdaq infrastructure changes will affect all TRACE FTP subscribers.
NASDAQ will change the VPN concentrator address and the secure FTP server address effective Friday, May 13, 2005. Your firm will have a two-month parallel period to test and reconfigure your client to the new addresses. In order to make this a seamless transition for your firm, we are providing
January 14, 2005This notice provides guidance to firms regarding OATS reporting requirements for orders where a customer adds additional shares to the order after it has been fully or partially executed. NASD understands that some firms will allow an order to remain open after it has been executed in anticipation that the customer may add additional shares later in the day. These orders are
December 17, 2004On November 24, 2004 NASDAQ issued a letter to ACES subscribers concerning translation issues in ACES that result in the routing and receiving firms reporting different OATS Routed Order IDs to OATS. NASDAQ's proposed short-term solution is for both routing and receiving firms to remove the spaces between the Branch and Sequence number when reporting the Routed Order ID to
December 17, 2004Beginning February 14, 2005, ECNs will be required to capture and report Routed Order Identifier information to OATS (See NASD Notice to Members 04-85). On that date, NASD, for routing firms, will begin including orders routed to ECNs as part of the Interfirm Route Matching statistics posted on the OATS Web Interface. Stats for ECNs and other order-receiving firms will be
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WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has introduced a new and improved Fund Analyzer tool to help investors and financial professionals understand the impact of fees and potentially discounts on mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes and money market funds.
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