As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiatives FINRA will re- platform the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) to a new Linux-based operating system. These changes will include Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS) protocol changes, and ORF will begin supporting timestamps up to nanosecond granularity (HH:MM:SS.sssssssss) in accordance with amendments to FINRA’s equity trade reporting
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend the expiration date of the temporary amendments set forth in SR-FINRA-2020-027 and the temporary amendments to FINRA Rule 9341(d) in SR-FINRA-2020-015 from October 31, 2022, to January 31, 2023. The proposed rule change would not
As previously announced, FINRA is introducing changes to the current Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS 2.0). protocol and structure.1 These changes are being made in concert with FINRA’s technical infrastructure upgrade, and TDDS clients must accommodate them by December 5, 2022; as of that date the current TDDS 2.0 version will no longer be supported. FINRA is offering testing for
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the upcoming elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.
As detailed below, the following seats are contested:
Midwest Region Committee, District 4 representative
Midwest Region Committee, District 8 representative
North Region Committee, District 9
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FINRA has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify FINRA small firm members of the distribution of ballots to elect one New York Region representative to the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC). FINRA small firm members1 in the New York Region as of the close of business on Friday, October 21, 2022, are eligible to vote in these elections.
Ballots are due by Wednesday
On November 5th, 2022, FINRA will be modifying the Statistics data on the OTC Transparency Data website to enhance the amount of information that is available to its users. Currently, there are two Statistics tabs, one each for ATS and Non-ATS data. Each tab contains aggregated share and trade counts for CTA, UTP and OTCE securities. Moving forward, the two tabs will be combined into one and will
On Monday, October 17, 2022, FINRA will conduct a Market Wide Circuit Breaker (MWCB) event in the Test Facility (NTF) for the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF). The MWCB will start at approximately 3 p.m. ET and run for five minutes. During this time ORF trade attempts will be rejected. The system will resume normal operations after the conclusion of the NTF MWCB event.
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