As previously announced FINRA delayed the implementation of the bandwidth increase rate for the Trade Data Dissemination Service 2.1 (TDDS 2.1) vendor feed. The bandwidth is scheduled to increase from 2,500 kilobits per second (Kbps) to 3,000 kilobits per second (Kbps).
The new date for this implementation is now Monday, August 14, 2023.
Testing
FINRA will test the new bandwidth rate on
FINRA applications and support services appear to be operating normally. This includes the TRACE New Issue form and Market Operations phones lines. FINRA will continue to monitor its systems and support services and will send additional updates as necessary.
Due to the AWS US east 1 outage some FINRA applications and support services may be impacted, including the TRACE New Issue form and Market Operations phones lines. In the meantime, please e-mail FINRA Market Operations. FINRA will send an update when more details are known.
In observance of Juneteenth, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will be closed on Monday, June 19, 2023. Affected applications include:
Alternative Display Facility (ADF)
Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs)
As stated in the data feed interface specifications, FINRA may send out
FINRA’s cloud journey started more than a decade ago. During this journey we learned a lot and have provided significant contributions to the cloud service.
FINRA previously announced plans to update the TRACE for Treasuries FIX acknowledgement messages on Monday, July 10, 2023. In order to align this change with FINRA Regulatory Notice 22-27, which specifies timestamp granularity, the change for TRACE for Treasuries FIX receipt messages, including acknowledgments, will now go into effect on Monday, November 6, 2023.
Currently, the TRACE for
FINRA has delayed the implementation of the bandwidth increase rate for the Trade Data Dissemination Service 2.1 (TDDS 2.1) vendor feed. The bandwidth is scheduled to increase from 2,500 kilobits per second (Kbps) to 3,000 kilobits per second (Kbps).
The original date for this implementation was July 24, 2023. FINRA has also cancelled the June 10, 2023 User Acceptance Test. FINRA will issue new
Regulators to Discuss Protecting Seniors During World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and FINRA will be co-hosting the Senior Safe Act Webinar: Identifying and Reporting Suspected Exploitation. The discussion will build on the SEC, NASAA and FINRA’s joint training released in 2021
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