When you buy a stock, you're buying part ownership of a company and an opportunity to partake in its successes (or failures) over time, but it can be hard to compare different stocks. A company’s earnings per share (EPS), price-to equity ratio (P/E) and other ratios can help you compare companies of different sizes.
In conjunction with other self-regulatory organizations and the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education, FINRA administers the continuing education (CE) program for the securities industry. CE consists of two mandatory programs: the Regulatory Element and the Firm Element.
By Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA. In September 2024, the SEC approved amendments (Amendments) to FINRA’s TRACE reporting rules to reduce the current 15-minute timeframe for reporting transactions in relevant fixed income securities.
By Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA. In October 2023, the SEC adopted Rule 10c-1a, which is intended to enhance transparency in the securities lending market. In effect, the rule requires market participants to report securities lending transactions to FINRA, and requires FINRA to adopt rules establishing a system to facilitate such reporting and to publicly disseminate specified reported loan information. Earlier this month, the SEC approved the required FINRA rules.
The second-quarter corporate and agency data tables for the TRACE Fact Book are now available.
The following checklist helps identify the basic requirements for members under the new and amended recordkeeping requirements to the SEC broker/dealer books and records rules.
OverviewThe following tool identifies key cybersecurity risks currently facing small firms and helps them enhance their customer information protection, and cybersecurity written supervisory programs (WSPs) and related controls, including:Highlighting the most common and recent categories of cybersecurity threats facing small firms, including questions to assist firms with addressing such threats
