Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend Rule 8312 (FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure) to release information on BrokerCheck® as to whether a particular member firm or former member firm is currently designated as a “Restricted Firm” pursuant to Rule 4111 (Restricted Firm
Notice of Special Meeting of Large Firms and Proxy
This past August, over 250 people at FINRA took two days to find data driven solutions for FINRA. With over 45 teams, there were some amazing ideas that came out of this hackathon. Below are 13 awesome ideas teams came up with.
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the fourth quarter of 2023. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of March 22, 2024.
Summary
FINRA warns member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails (see sample in Appendix) purporting to be from “FINRA SUPPORT” with the email address “[email protected]”. The email asks the recipient to pay attention “to the report attached below that requires your immediate response” and states that “[t]he attachment contains our updated Public Policy
REQUEST FOR COMMENTMinor Rule Violation Plan and Inactive Disclosure Review Registration StatusComment Period Expired April 19, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSExecutive RepresentativesLegal & ComplianceRegistered RepresentativesSenior ManagementArticle V, Section 2 of the NASD By-LawsArticle V, Section 3(a) of the NASD By-LawsCentral Registration Depository (CRD® or Web CRD)IM-
REQUEST FOR COMMENT
NASD Seeks Comment on Enhanced Access to NASD BrokerCheck (Formerly Known as NASD's Public Disclosure Program)
Comment Period Expires: January 9, 2004
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Executive Representatives
Registered Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
Central Registration Depository
NASD
Throughout his tenure as Chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton has been a strong advocate for investors and for fairness and integrity in our securities markets, and we have valued his partnership and support in overseeing the securities industry. Chairman Clayton has put forward an array of initiatives that promote the interests of retail investors, strengthen the effective regulation of securities
Restitution Ordered; Firm Ordered to Send Corrective Disclosures to Affected Plan Participants
WASHINGTON — FINRA announced today that it has fined AXA Advisors, LLC (AXA) $600,000 and ordered the firm to pay approximately $172,000 in restitution to affected 401(k) retirement plan participants for distributing materials that negligently misrepresented that certain bond funds offered for 401(k)
Greetings, Not sure why FINRA has not come out with a report in the last three quarters, but the information it provides is completely valid and incredibly important to me as an individual investor. Also, I wish their was some working enforcement in place to discourage naked short selling and the unethical trade practices being used to manipulate a stocks true value.
