FINRA has been on a hiring spree, working to fill scores of open positions. But given that almost all employees are working remotely as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, how are these new hires getting the equipment to start work from home?The solution: “FINRA in a Box.”That’s what staff call the package FINRA sends to new hires, containing a laptop, onboarding instructions, introductory
I. IntroductionFINRA, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to protecting investors and safeguarding market integrity in a manner that facilitates vibrant capital markets. Authorized by Congress, FINRA works to protect America’s investors by making sure the broker-dealer industry operates fairly and honestly. We oversee more than 624,000 brokers across the country—and analyze billions of
On November 8, FINRA, Deloitte and the MIT Fintech Club kicked off an innovative event aimed at leveraging fintech in service of making investors smarter and safer. The Buildathon paired industry technologists and compliance leaders with high performing technology students from MIT, Harvard and other Boston institutions for a hackathon-style competition. Teams competed in one of four challenge
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the third quarter of 2024. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of December 13, 2024. To view changes, visit the Daily List: Security Attribute Changes page, select the “Unit of Trades” filter and enter December
I have been a Financial Advisor for 12 years and a day trader for the last 3 years. I understand that the PDT rule was put in place to help limit the risk of loss for individual investors however I do not believe it accomplishes that. Most brokerage houses will allow 4X margin to be applied to a brokerage account for investing/trading. By requiring $25,000 minimum equity to be a day trader this
The FINRA Board of Governors is holding its final meeting of the year, with Board committees giving consideration to multiple issues.
During its September 13 and 14 meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors reaffirmed FINRA’s Financial Guiding Principles and continued discussions around FINRA’s Regulatory Operations and received an overview of pending and final regulatory initiatives affecting member firms.
FINRA’s Board of Governors met on March 9 and 10, and it approved a proposal to shorten the securities settlement cycle from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one (T+1) and approved the allocation of 2022 fine monies to various capital initiatives.
As previously communicated, beginning Monday, January 13, 2025, FINRA will require Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for access to all production API reference data files. Beginning on January 13, 2025, FINRA will no longer support the use of digital certificates to access the Reference data API and only MFA access will be supported. Failure to use MFA starting on that date
Comments on Pattern Day Trader RequirementsA lot has changed since the day trading rule went into effect. Settlement is now one business day, commissions have gone to zero at many firms, volumes have exploded. All these factors are in favor of relaxing the day trading rule and eliminating some of its provisions.There is no evidence to suggest that it is riskier to close a trade in five minutes
