Arbitrators often ask for guidance in drafting appropriate expungement language. To help arbitrators with expungement orders, you will find examples of the relevant portions of written explanations in awards ordering expungement under each of the three standards in Rule 2080 (with the names of the parties redacted).
Last modified: October 16, 2023In accordance with the FINRA Codes of Arbitration Procedure (Codes), FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) is notifying state securities regulators of requests to expunge customer dispute information from the Central Registration Depository (CRD®) received by DRS within the past 15 days that are not deficient. See FINRA Rules 12800(f)(1), 12805(b), and 13805(b)(2
SummaryFor the past two years, FINRA has encouraged firms to keep their Risk Monitoring Analyst (formerly known as a “Regulatory Coordinator”) informed if the firm, or its associated persons or affiliates, engaged, or intended to engage, in activities related to digital assets, including digital assets that are non-securities.1 FINRA appreciates members’ cooperation with this request and is
FINRA is conducting a targeted exam of firm practices regarding retail communications concerning Crypto Asset products and services.
To support their investor protection missions, FINRA and state securities regulators jointly collect and publicly disclose extensive registration information about financial professionals associated with broker-dealer firms (referred to herein as FINRA-registered financial professionals or RFPs). This registration information, which includes information about customer complaints, is used by regulators to license and oversee RFPs. The information publicly disclosed about RFPs is far more comprehensive than what is published for most other types of professionals.
SummaryFor the past several years, FINRA has encouraged firms to keep their risk monitoring analyst informed if the firm, or its associated persons or affiliates, engaged, or intended to engage, in activities related to digital assets, including digital assets that are non-securities.1 FINRA appreciates members’ cooperation with this request and is encouraging firms to continue to keep their risk
Keeping crypto assets safe involves a different set of challenges than keeping your cash, stocks or bonds secure. It’s important to learn about the different ways to store crypto assets.
WASHINGTON— FINRA and NFA recently held a special summit focused on crypto assets and agreed to expand their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address crypto activities that fall within their respective regulatory mandates.
An alternative trading system (ATS) is an SEC-regulated trading venue in which a computerized system matches buy and sell orders of securities. An ATS is not a national securities exchange, an ATS may apply to the SEC to become a national securities exchange. An ATS that registers as a broker-dealer must also comply with the obligations associated with being a registered broker-dealer, including FINRA membership and compliance with FINRA rules.
Activities relating to digital assets have attracted the interest of prospective and existing FINRA member firms. Digital asset securities with their related innovative technologies raise novel, complex and challenging regulatory and compliance questions, and challenges for both prospective and existing FINRA members.
