As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE Corporate and Agency product to a new Linux-based operating system. The implementation date for this initiative is Monday, October 21, 2024. On October 21, 2024, FINRA will introduce a new protocol to the TRACE Corporate and Agency Data feeds – ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A. TRACE data feed clients
Why do we engage with scammers? What makes one person more likely to engage than the next? Of those that engage, what makes someone more likely to lose money? On this episode, we dig into the research on these important questions with three academics in the field.
Rule 606 of Regulation NMS requires broker-dealers to disclose information regarding the handling of their customers’ orders in NMS stocks and listed options. These disclosures are designed to help customers better understand how their firm routes and handles their orders, assess the quality of order handling services provided by their firm, and ascertain whether the firm is effectively managing potential conflicts of interest that may impact their firm’s routing decisions.
FINRA disciplinary actions for the month of October 2024. See which firms and individuals were fined, suspend or barred. Learn how to stay compliant.
When you enter an order to buy or sell a stock, your registered financial professional must decide where to route your order. The most familiar type of execution venue is a traditional exchange. However, other execution venues, including alternative trading systems, single-dealer platforms and wholesalers, have risen in popularity in recent years.
Money market funds are mutual funds that invest in assets that are generally easy to convert to cash. Because money market funds are managed with the goal of providing low volatility and principal stability, they’re often used by investors who want a safe place to store their money short term while also earning interest.
Every day, millions of equity trades are made off the major stock exchanges in what’s known as over-the-counter (OTC) trading. It’s a massive part of the global financial market, with OTC trading in certain types of financial products accounting for billions of dollars in trades daily. Learn more about OTC trading in equities and the unique risks that may be involved.
If you’re interested in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, you might have heard about dark pools, a type of alternative trading system (ATS) that was designed to handle large trades for institutional investors anonymously. Dark pools allow large buyers and sellers to trade large blocks of shares without causing the market to move against them.
