Regulation is a fundamental pillar of the financial services industry, ensuring investor protection and market integrity. As financial services firms seek to comply with regulatory requirements, they are turning to new and innovative regulatory technology (RegTech) tools to assist them in effectively and efficiently meeting their obligations. While RegTech tools may help strengthen firms’
Robert A. Renner is Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Financial Solutions. In this capacity, he is responsible for overall direction and oversight of FINRA’s accounting operations functions, including Revenue Management, Corporate Tax, Procurement and Payroll, as well as Corporate Real Estate, Physical Security and Information Operations, encompassing fingerprinting, entitlement and
Simplified Arbitrations
The simplified arbitration rules apply to arbitrations involving $50,000 or less, exclusive of interest and expenses.
Expedited Proceedings for Seniors & Seriously Ill Parties
Dispute Resolution may expedite arbitration proceedings in matters involving seniors or seriously ill parties.
Expungement
Brokers may seek to have a reference to allegations or involvement
As Senior Vice President – Strategic Regulatory Engagement, Alex Ellenberg is responsible for providing guidance, counsel and analysis to the leadership team and various Market Regulation and Transparency Services (MRTS) groups regarding a wide variety of strategic, operational, regulatory, risk and compliance functions and activities. He also supports and provides strategic risk analysis to the
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
The Net Capital section of the 2022 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
• Customer Confirmations—Failure to Comply With Rule Requirements
• Customer Protection Rule—Failure to Comply With Rule Requirements
• Net Capital Violations
• Recordkeeping Violations
• Regulation T and Margin Requirements—Violations of Regulation T and/or FINRA Margin
In regards for comments on 21-19 regarding short positions, here are my thoughts. * Every share should be tracked with unique identifier and should have the ability to be marked as lent out, unassigned/free, owned-lendable, or owned-not-lendable and be registered with a single central database to prevent duplication/ falsification of data. The ability to mark a share as owned-not-lendable shall
