Summary
Effective June 1, 2020, members must report transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities executed to hedge a primary market transaction with an appropriate identifier. Members will have additional time to report such transactions—until the next business day during TRACE system hours. The rule text is available in the online FINRA Manual.
Questions regarding this Notice should be directed to
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).
Equity Securities as Compensation for Capital Acquisition Brokers
The effective date has been delayed to December 2, 2019
Important Note: Weekly aggregate non-ATS volume data is published on a two-week delayed basis for Tier 1 NMS stocks and a four-week delayed basis for Tier 2 NMS stocks and OTC equity securities. To align the implementation of the rule amendments for these data sets, FINRA has modified the initial publication timeframes described in footnote
FINRA’s Regulation Best Interest Conference, held on December 18, 2019, in Washington, DC was a one-day event designed to bring regulators, executives and industry practitioners together to learn more about Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI).
Location
Capital Hilton
1001 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Recordings of sessions are now available. View the recorded sessions from the 2019 FINRA
Baltimore, MD
September 17, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Registration
Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Introduction
Welcome Remarks
8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Session 1 – Social Media and Digital Communications Compliance
Discuss the content and supervision standards that apply to all electronic communications
Discuss guidance about social media sites
Summary
The purpose of this Notice is to inform small FINRA member firms1 of the upcoming Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) election. One seat on the SFAC is up for election, representing the New York region.
The SFAC provides guidance to FINRA staff, particularly regarding the potential impact of proposed regulatory initiatives on FINRA’s small firm members. The SFAC meets four times a year
Summary
The purpose of this Notice is to notify member firms of the upcoming nomination and election process to fill vacancies on FINRA’s Regional Committees. The Regional Committees play an important part of informing FINRA’s regulatory programs by, among other things, alerting FINRA to industry trends that could present regulatory concerns and consulting with FINRA on proposed policies and
FINRA experienced an issue this morning with the processing of Weekly OTC Transparency Data, thereby causing a publication delay for the week of August 12, 2019 (Tier 1). The issue has now been resolved and all files and data have been published.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
FINRA has resolved the technical issue on the OTCE.FINRA.org website for clients attempting to access the "Details" link from the Daily List page. FINRA apologizes for any inconvenience."
