The Neutral Corner - Volume 2—2023
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).
From 8:00 am until approximately 8:02 am EST FINRA encountered a system issue which delayed the start of trade reporting. Firms that submitted transactions during this timeframe that received a “Trading not allowed” reject message must resubmit their transactions if they have not already done so. The issue has since been resolved and ORF trade reporting is operating normally.
img.snapshot {
border:1px solid #cccccc;
margin-top:10px;
}
.blueButton {
background-color: #1063A0;
color: #fff;
border-radius: 10px;
display: inline;
font-size: 14px;
max-width: 200px;
padding: 15px;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
.blueButton a {
color:#ffffff;
}
.
img.snapshot {
border:1px solid #cccccc;
margin-top:10px;
}
.blueButton {
background-color: #1063A0;
color: #fff;
border-radius: 10px;
display: inline;
font-size: 14px;
max-width: 200px;
padding: 15px;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
width: calc(100% - 30px);
}
.blueButton a {
color:#ffffff;
}
.
Beginning May 15, 2023, the following FINRA TRACE rules changes will take effect:
Members must report transactions in TRACE-eligible corporate debt securities which are part of a portfolio trade with an appropriate modifier. The Sale Condition 4 modifier, available via the TRAQS secure web browser and the TRACE FIX protocol (Tag 22004), will be available for this designation, as described in
Beginning Monday, July 24, 2023, FINRA will increase the bandwidth rate for the Trade Data Dissemination Service 2.1 (TDDS 2.1) vendor feed from 2,500 kilobits per second (Kbps) to 3,000 kilobits per second (Kbps). FINRA will offer testing for the new bandwidth rate and will announce details for the test as the date approaches.
TDDS 2.1 subscribers are encouraged to plan to ensure their systems
This resource will be available Monday, April 10, 2023.
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the fourth quarter of 2022. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of April 10, 2023. To view changes, visit the Daily List: Security Attribute Changes page, select the “Unit of Trades” filter and enter April 6, 2023 as
Impact: All Firms
This notification is to warn member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails purporting to be from FINRA and using the domain names “@finrarps.org” or “@finrarps.net”. The domains of “finrarps.org” and “finrarps.net” are not connected to FINRA, and firms should delete all emails originating from these domains. Member firms should be aware that they
