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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rule 6897 (Consolidated Audit Trail Funding Fees) to establish fees for Industry Members related to reasonably budgeted CAT costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the “CAT NMS Plan” or “Plan”) for the period from July 16, 2024 through December 31, 2024. These fees would be payable to Consolidated Audit Trail, LLC (“CAT LLC” or “the Company”) and referred to as “CAT Fee 2024-1.”
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rule 6897 (Consolidated Audit Trail Funding Fees) to establish fees for Industry Members related to certain historical costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the “CAT NMS Plan
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rule 6897(b) (CAT Cost Recovery Fees) to Implement a Historical Consolidated Audit Trail Recovery Assessment.This filing has been withdrawn.
The Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program highlights recent cybersecurity risks at third-party providers (commonly referred to as third-party vendors) impacting member firms.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rule 6897(b) (CAT Cost Recovery Fees) to implement a Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) cost recovery fee designed to permit FINRA substantially to recoup its designated portion of the reasonably budgeted CAT costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the “CAT NMS Plan” or “Plan”) for the period of July 16, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
Protecting investors means protecting their data, too. Our Small Firm Cybersecurity Checklist supports small firms in establishing a cybersecurity program to:Identify and assess cybersecurity threats;Protect assets from cyber intrusions;Detect when their systems and assets have been compromised;Plan for the response when a compromise occurs; andImplement a plan to recover lost, stolen or
The Series 52 exam—the Municipal Securities Representative Qualification Examination (MR)—is a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) exam. The exam consists of 75 scored questions and five unscored pretest questions. The additional questions are randomly distributed. Candidates are given two hours and 30 minutes to complete the exam. The passing score is 70%.For additional
