WASHINGTON—FINRA today announced it has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI) $1.25 million for failing to conduct timely or adequate background checks on approximately 10,400 non-registered associated persons spanning a seven-year period.
Federal securities laws require broker-dealers to fingerprint certain associated persons working in a non-registered capacity prior to or upon
Regulatory Notice 13-10 announced the SEC’s approval, pursuant to FINRA Rule 4524, of the Derivatives and Other Off-Balance Sheet Items Schedule (OBS) as a supplement to the FOCUS report. At the time of its adoption, the OBS required all firms that carry customer accounts or self-clear or clear transactions for others (collectively, “carrying or clearing firms”) to file with FINRA the OBS within
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 5130 (Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings) and FINRA Rule 5131 (New Issue Allocations and Distributions) to exempt additional persons from the scope of the rules, modify current
FINRA CEO Robert Cook, Chairman Bill Heyman, Board members and FINRA staff provide updates from the July 2019 FINRA Board of Governors meeting.
How many Americans participate in the gig economy? Do you regret paying what you did for college? Would you avoid a medical service due to its cost? The new FINRA Foundation Financial Capability Study asked these questions and more to get a pulse on recent changes to American financial capability and well-being.
By end of business on Monday, August 19, 2019, FINRA will convert the 2014 (Q2) through 2018 (Q1) ATS Transparency Data quarterly tables to the .xlsx format in Excel. Quarterly files from Q2 2018 onward are already posted in the .xlsx format.
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Summary
FINRA requests comment on a proposal to expand TRACE reporting requirements to collect information on trades in foreign sovereign debt securities that are U.S. dollar-denominated. Issuance activity in these debt securities has accelerated in recent years and FINRA believes the proposal would provide important regulatory information on an increasingly active segment of the market. Under
NYSE is providing the final weekend testing opportunity with OATS support for the NYSE Tape A Pillar Technology Migration on July 20, 2019.
Executive Summary
FINRA will conduct its Annual Meeting of firms on Monday, August 19, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time in the FINRA Visitors Center at 1735 K Street, NW, in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the meeting is to elect individuals to fill one small firm seat and one large firm seat on the FINRA Board of Governors (FINRA Board).1
It is important that all eligible firms be represented