Conflicts of interest represent a recurring challenge that contributes to compliance and supervisory breakdowns. These breakdowns can compromise the quality of service that firms and representatives provide to their clients. We issued the Report on Conflicts of Interest in October 2013, and FINRA continues to monitor the efforts employed by firms to identify, mitigate
April 1999
How Broker/Dealers Can Address Customer Concerns About The Year 2000
Investors are aware of the potential problems caused by the coming century change. As a result, they may consider changing their investing habits and strategies leading to more frequent questioning of their brokerage firms about the Year 2000 issue.
Leading up to the new year, it is important that broker/dealers
This data provides comprehensive information for corporate and agency bonds that traded within the past 10 years. Corporate and agency bonds are investor loans to corporations or government-sponsored enterprises other than U.S. Treasury. Learn more about corporate and agency bonds and other bond types.Fixed income data is compiled from multiple sources, including but not limited
(a) Assignment of Responsibility for General Ledger Accounts
Each capital acquisition broker must designate an associated person who is responsible for each general ledger bookkeeping account and account of like function used by the broker and such associated person must control and oversee entries into each such account and must determine that the account is current and accurate as
This data provides comprehensive information for collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) securities with quantities under 1 million that traded within the past 10 years. A CMO is a type of mortgage-backed security in which mortgages are bundled together and sold as one investment. Learn more about CMOs and other bond types.
Fixed income data is compiled from multiple sources, including but not
This data provides comprehensive information on mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) that traded within the past 10 years. Access up to three years real-time trade history and seven years end-of-day trade history per security. Trade history represents mortgage securities with similar characteristics, i.e., reference data ID (RDID). An MBS provides issuers with monthly payments from a pool of
This data provides comprehensive information on mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) that traded within the past 10 years. Access up to three years real-time trade history and seven years end-of-day trade history per security. Trade history represents mortgage securities with similar characteristics, i.e., reference data ID (RDID). An MBS provides issuers with monthly payments from a pool
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, beginning on February 26, 2024, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE for Treasuries (TS) product to a new Linux-based operating system. FINRA values client testing feedback and encourages participation in this effort to validate that all processes work within clients’ TRACE reporting framework. Testing your current TRACE for Treasuries
Year 2000 Countdown
As 1999 winds down, Year 2000 issues will receive increased focus as public attention to these issues increase and companies in virtually every industry accelerate efforts to meet Year 2000 compliance deadlines. During this critical period, the securities industry will heighten its focus on regulatory compliance, investor communication, Year 2000 testing, and contingency
