FINRA is committed to providing firms with prompt and accurate answers to their regulatory questions. As part of that commitment, FINRA has assigned a dedicated Risk Monitoring Team to every firm which includes a Risk Monitoring Senior Director, Risk Monitoring Director, and Risk Monitoring Analyst.
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. FINRA will extend the testing period for this project and has modified the implementation date to Monday, October 21, 2024; previously this was scheduled for September 9, 2024. Specific testing protocols and information are listed in the
Mr. Rindell is Vice President of Learning, Talent and Organizational Development at FINRA, with responsibility for FINRA’s training and development programs.Prior to joining FINRA, Mr. Rindell led enterprise leadership development and executive coaching at Cigna and played a key role in enhancing performance management, advancing enterprise leadership development and revamping Cigna's
PDT rule makes it difficult to grow small accounts quickly, please remove it.If someone with an account value less than $25,000 buys multiple (4 or more, maybe including options) securities, and they are all profitable, they risk getting hit with the PDT rule if they close all of them to realize their profits.To avoid getting hit with the rule, they would have to leave some of the profitable
FINRA alerts member firms that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has filed a rule change for immediate effectiveness to harmonize NYSE Rule 3110 (Supervision) with FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision) to permit eligible NYSE member organizations to participate in FINRA’s Remote Inspections Pilot Program and to adopt FINRA’s Residential Supervisory Location (RSL) classification.
An overview of the scenarios described in FAQs 39-44, covering Form BR filings—initial and amendments—for FINRA and a jurisdiction, and the NYSE, as applicable.
A segment of financial institutions, including broker-dealers, are actively experimenting with incorporating the metaverse and its immersive technologies.40 Metaverse technologies can include VR and AR, but these are not the only portals to the metaverse. Users can access virtual worlds through laptops, gaming consoles and phones.41Some firms indicated that they are examining how to leverage
FINRA Requests Comment on Potential Enhancements to Certain Engagement Programs
FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) does not require vaccination, COVID testing, or Health Self-Assessments for in-person participants at arbitration hearings or mediation sessions (hearings).Frequently Asked QuestionsAre face masks required at in-person hearings?In-person participants are not required to wear face masks. However, FINRA recommends that people consider wearing a mask if the
As previously announced on March 22, 2024 in a FINRA Trade Reporting Notice, FINRA is planning to implement enhancements to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities to support the reporting of fractional share quantities. The enhancements require associated updates to FINRA’s trade reporting guidance, as described in greater detail in the Trade Reporting Notice. These enhancements are being
