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Short Interest Reporting
Intermarket Surveillance Group
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members advises member firms that, effective September 2007, they are required to increase the frequency of short interest reporting from monthly to twice a month.1 Attachment A outlines the revised Short
SR-FINRA-2009-025 - Proposed Rule Change to Amend Incorporated NYSE Rules 2, 2A and 325 to Conform to Amendments Made by NYSE
<p>Whether a proposed standby purchase agreement entered into between affiliate of a member and an issuer in connection with a public offering of the issuer's common stock could constitute an option.<br/></p>
Effective with the October 3, 2011 OATS Release, the OATS Rules will require member firms to report to FINRA order information for all NMS stocks and OTC equity securities. Initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, Direct Participation Programs (DPPs), "restricted securities", as defined by SEC Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, and any securities designated in the PORTAL Market are not reportable to OATS.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to eliminate the Order Audit Trail System (“OATS”) rules in the FINRA Rule 7400 Series and FINRA Rule 4554 (Alternative Trading Systems — Recording and Reporting Requirements of Order and Execution Information for NMS Stocks) once members are
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WASHINGTON—FINRA published today the 2025 FINRA Regulatory Oversight Report—a vital information resource comprising observations from across FINRA’s Member Supervision, Market Regulation and Enforcement programs that member firms can use throughout the year to strengthen their compliance programs. The report reflects FINRA’s commitment to providing transparency to member firms and the investing public about its regulatory observations and activities.
Current rules/regulations that are in place to monitor/report short selling and positions associated with short selling are entirely inadequate. Rules in place that allow for many loop-holes including short exempt, married calls/puts and dark pool activity + high frequency trading leaves currently regulations looking like swiss-cheese. Abuse from market makers and hedgefunds that are paid in gold
FINRA is reviewing the sale of structured products to investors. In connection with this review, we request the following information for the period of January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2009 (“the review period”).
Summary
This Notice provides information to assist market participants in understanding the short sale volume data published on FINRA’s website. FINRA is aware that some market participants, including investors, may occasionally perceive the percentage of short sale volume to be unusually high or inconsistent with reported short interest data. This perception may cause market participants to
