In light of the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), FINRA continues to review its pandemic and business continuity plans to ensure continuous operation of FINRA’s facilities for the reporting of OTC transactions in equity and fixed income securities (i.e., the Alternative Display Facility (ADF), the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF), the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) and
This is the final reminder that beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, FINRA will no longer support the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) products via the CTCI protocol.
Any client, including Service Bureaus, that currently utilizes CTCI and wishes to continue to deliver electronic transactions (i.e. not via TRAQS) must migrate to the FIX protocol by Monday,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 7620B (FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility Reporting Fees) to modify the trade reporting fees applicable to participants that use the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility (“FINRA/NYSE TRF”).
Delegation of Functions and Authority:
A. Subject to Section I.B.9., FINRA hereby delegates to FINRA CAT and FINRA CAT assumes the following responsibilities and functions as a registered securities association:
1. To act as a Plan Processor in accordance with Rule 613 of SEC Regulation NMS and the provisions of the CAT NMS Plan.
2. To create, operate and maintain the consolidated audit trail
Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify members of an upcoming election to fill one large firm and one mid-size firm seat on the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC), and to announce the FINRA Nominating & Governance Committee (Nominating Committee) nominees for these vacancies. Eligible individuals not nominated by the Nominating Committee who obtain the requisite number
Beginning September 16, 2019, FINRA will introduce a new Vendor Management System that will allow TRACE Vendors to view their profile and agreement information, maintain their contacts and report their monthly TRACE usage.
All vendors will be required to submit their Vendor and/or Subscriber Usage information via the new Vendor Management System. Starting on October 1, 2019, FINRA will no longer
Monthly Disciplinary Actions August 2019
Minneapolis, MN
September 17, 2019
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Introduction
Welcome Remarks
9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Session 1 – Supervision
Discuss highlights of the consolidated supervision rules
Review the requirements of FINRA Rules 3110, 3120, and 3130
Discuss case studies
10:45 a.m
FINRA is issuing this Notice to remind member firms of their supervisory obligations under FINRA Rules 3110 (Supervision) and 3120 (Supervisory Control System) if they hold or transact in customer accounts owned by municipal entities or obligated persons (municipal clients), as defined in Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), and participate in investment-related
Background
Consistent with the transparency goals of FINRA360, FINRA, for the first time in 2018, published a statistical overview of the broker-dealer industry based on the data it collects in the course of its work. This report, called the FINRA Industry Snapshot 2018 , was the first annual statistical report on the brokerage firms, registered individuals and market activity that FINRA
