The Neutral Corner—Volume 2, 2020
Mission Statement
FINRA Arbitrators Successfully Conduct Virtual Hearings (by Nora Sassounian, Case Administrator, FINRA West Regional Office)
Anatomy of a Zoom Videoconference Mediation (by E. Scott Douglas, FINRA Mediator)
FINRA Dispute Resolution Services and FINRA News
Name Change to FINRA Dispute Resolution Services
COVID-19 Hearing Postponements and
In accordance with the industry-led initiative to shorten the settlement cycle from two business days (T+2) to one business day (T+1), FINRA will sponsor two production User Acceptance Tests (UAT) to allow clients to test the changes for T+1 Settlement for the Over-The-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF) and the Alternative Display Facility (ADF). These tests will occur on Saturday, May 4, 2024, and
On November 15, 2021, the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities (the Alternative Display Facility, the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facilities and the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility, through which member firms report OTC transactions in NMS stocks to FINRA1) will begin supporting timestamps up to nanosecond (HH:MM:SS.sssssssss) granularity in accordance with amendments to FINRA’s equity
This version was introduced with the filing of SR-FINRA-2020-015, which has been filed for Immediate Effectiveness. This version is temporary and effective from May 8, 2020 through June 15, 2020, pending any future extensions.
(a) General
(1) In furtherance of FINRA's obligations to foster cooperation and coordination of the clearing, settling and processing of transactions in equity and
Greetings to the person reading this message and thank you for the consideration. FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that perceptions of the integrity of the United States market is at great risk, in large part due to FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and
Hello I want to suggest a new rule with all financial operations of any kind by any broker is instantly reported, it's 2021 after all - and that all these operations were transparent and public via your websites - with multiple layers of depth so that "new" retail investors like myself could understand the basics easily - and that it would be multiple levels of depth for the more
The NASD would like to thank the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify on micro-cap fraud in the U.S. markets, the nature of the problem and our efforts to address it.
On May 28th, U.S. markets are moving to a one-day settlement cycle, familiarly known as T+1. On this episode, we hear from four individuals across FINRA about what all market participants need to be thinking about and testing ahead of the transition.
FINRA requests comment on two proposed changes to the TRACE reporting rules that were recommended by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. The proposed changes would require firms to: (1) identify corporate bond trades where the price of the trade is based on a spread to a benchmark Treasury security that was agreed upon earlier in the
Managing a retirement account takes some work. Your plan administrator generally handles your portfolio's actual transactions and the recordkeeping and reporting, but you decide when and how to reallocate and rebalance your assets.Beyond keeping tabs on the performance of your portfolio, you’ll want to know your plan’s rules and procedures and how much your plan and its investments are
