FINRA has observed a number of TRACE and ORF clients experiencing problems submitting transactions to TRAQS. Users are presented with an error related to the connection attempt.
FIX trade reporting is unaffected by this issue. FINRA is currently researching the problem and will provide an update when it is known.
TRAQS clients with questions regarding this issue should contact FINRA Market
Since Monday, December 5, 2022, FINRA had experienced an issue with ORF clearing messages for transactions that are cancelled, corrected, broken or reversed and thus caused duplicate settlement messages and incorrect settlement amounts for those transactions.
FINRA has resolved this issue and the software fix will be in production starting Thursday, December 8, 2022. Beginning December
The Treasury Aggregate Statistics provide trading volume in U.S. Treasury securities reported to TRACE for the prior week. The reports have been published since March 2020. On January 3, 2023, FINRA will enhance the reports as follows:
The weekly data reports will be replaced with daily and monthly reports. The last weekly report will be published on January 4, 2023 for the week
Since Monday, December 5, 2022, FINRA is experiencing an issue with ORF clearing messages for transactions that are cancelled, corrected, broken or reversed and thus causing duplicate settlement messages and incorrect settlement amounts for those transactions.
In the interim, until FINRA resolves the issue, FINRA requests ORF clients work with their clearing firms to send the necessary
Since Monday, December 5, 2022, FINRA is experiencing an issue with ORF clearing messages for transactions that are cancelled, corrected, broken or reversals and thus causing duplicate settlement messages and incorrect settlement amounts for those transactions.
In the interim, until FINRA resolves the issue, FINRA requests ORF clients work with their clearing firms to send the necessary
Since Monday, December 5, 2022, FINRA is experiencing an issue with ORF clearing messages for transactions that are cancelled, corrected or broken and thus causing duplicates settlement for those transactions. FINRA is working on a solution and will update clients as more details are known.
Clients should work with their clearing firm to submit reversals directly to NSCC for the duplicate
Summary
FINRA has adopted amendments to Rule 6730 (Transaction Reporting) to: (i) require members to report transactions in U.S. Treasury securities to FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) as soon as practicable but no later than 60 minutes from the time of execution; and (ii) require members to report electronically executed transactions in U.S. Treasury securities to TRACE in
Summary
FINRA requests comment on a proposal to provide additional transparency into delayed Treasury spot trades in corporate debt securities—i.e., corporate bond trades where the dollar price of the trade is based on a spread to a benchmark U.S. Treasury security that was agreed upon at an earlier time on the same day. The proposed changes would provide for immediate transparency into the size
November 2022
Background
In August 2021, FINRA launched a targeted exam (sweep) to review firms’ practices and controls related to the opening of options accounts and related areas, including account supervision, communications and diligence. FINRA’s review focuses on a cross-section of retail and diversified firms that offer options trading to their customers.
Below FINRA poses several
