Beginning in early December 2022, FINRA will introduce changes to the Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS 2.0).1 These changes are being made in concert with FINRA’s technical infrastructure upgrade, and TDDS clients should plan to accommodate them.
FINRA has updated the TDDS specification to correspond with these changes and has also included the link to the MOLD/UDP 64 specification in the
February 1999
Year 2000 Legal Update
As we rapidly approach the Year 2000, there are some legal issues that all member firms should consider. Following is important information on disclosure requirements.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Legal Bulletin No. 5 requires disclosure of Year 2000 information in the financial statements of all public companies. Amendments to SEC
WASHINGTON — The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) and the Filene Research Institute (Filene) today announced the availability of free resources to help credit unions and employers with turn-key start-up of a small-dollar loan program designed to help workers avoid the high cost of alternative borrowing, establish or repair credit, and begin to save.
The Employer-Sponsored
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On July 1, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to Schedule H to the NASD By-Laws regarding quotation-size requirements for market makers in over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities. The rule change revises the minimum-size requirements applicable to market makers displaying
As announced in Regulatory Notice 21-02, FINRA is modifying the convention for rounding the original Loan-To-Value ratio used in the dissemination of transactions in agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities and Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed asset-backed securities traded in specified pool transactions. FINRA previously announced that this change will become effective on Monday
November 2020
FINRA is conducting a review of firms’ systems and procedures for providing customers waivers and rebates available through Rights of Reinstatement1 (RoR) on mutual fund purchases.
As part of this review, FINRA will request that each firm that receives this information request respond to the questions below with respect to the period January 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020 (the
Dear Regulators,
I vehemently oppose restrictions on my right and the rights of my fellow man to invest in public investments.
The United States is the greatest and richest country in the world because of our freedoms and choices. Capitalism and freedom have raised more people out of poverty than all other systems combined. With our system comes winners and losers, but that has always been true.
SEC Approval of FINRA Rule 4554 (Alternative Trading Systems—Recording and Reporting Requirements of Order and Execution Information for NMS Stocks)
FINRA’s secure online licensing system, the Central Registration Depository (CRD®), enables entitled users, typically individuals from a firm’s registration or compliance department, to register individuals with FINRA, other self-regulatory organizations and state regulators. In addition to registration and licensing information, the CRD system includes qualification, employment and disciplinary
The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) section of the 2021 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
