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Effective October 16, 2023, FINRA revised Rules 12800 and 12805 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes (Customer Code) and Rule 13805 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes (Industry Code) relating to the expungement of customer dispute information from the Central Registration Depository (CRD®). These frequently asked questions provide guidance regarding
Gifts Rule
FINRA Rule 3220 (Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others) (the Gifts Rule) prohibits any member or person associated with a member, directly or indirectly, from giving anything of value in excess of $100 per year to any person where such payment is in relation to the business of the recipient’s employer. The rule also requires members to keep separate records regarding gifts and
Beginning in early December 2022, FINRA will introduce changes to the Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS 2.0).1 These changes are being made in concert with FINRA’s technical infrastructure upgrade.
FINRA has made a recent change to the TDDS 2.1 MOLD/UDP 64 NTF Rendezvous Point (RP) address from 207.251.255.40 to 207.251.255.170. The new address is listed and highlighted in the table below
Beginning Monday, November 6, 2023, as described in Regulatory Notice 22-28, FINRA will require firms to report transactions in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign sovereign debt securities to TRACE. FINRA has updated the TRACE Web API Specifications for Corporate and Agency Debt and the TRACE OTC Corporate Bonds and Agency Debt User Guide to align with these changes. Firms reporting to TRACE via FIX
The Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is highlighting the SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation S-P.[1] On May 15, 2024, the SEC announced the adoption of amendments designed to modernize and enhance the protection of consumer financial information by broadening the scope of information covered by Regulation S-P’s requirements and requiring covered institutions to (1) adopt an incident response program and (2) notify affected individuals whose sensitive customer information was, or is reasonably likely to have been, accessed or used without authorization.
FINRA requires firms to report short interest positions in all customer and proprietary accounts in all equity securities twice a month. All short interest positions must be reported by 6 p.m. Eastern Time on the second business day after the reporting settlement date designated by FINRA.See the schedule of reporting dates below.2024 Short Interest Reporting DatesSettlement DateDue
Beginning in early December 2022, FINRA will introduce changes to the Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS 2.0).1 These changes are being made in concert with FINRA’s technical infrastructure upgrade, and TDDS clients should plan to accommodate them.
FINRA has updated the TDDS specification to correspond with these changes and has also included the link to the MOLD/UDP 64 specification in the
(a) Applicability of Document Production Lists
The Director will notify parties of the location of the FINRA Discovery Guide and Document Production Lists on FINRA's Web site, but will provide a copy to the parties upon request. Document Production Lists 1 and 2 describe the documents that are presumed to be discoverable in all arbitrations between a customer and a member or
Capital Acquisition Brokers (CABs) are firms that engage in a limited range of activities, which can include advising companies and private equity funds on capital raising and corporate restructuring and acting as placement agents for the sale of unregistered securities to institutional investors under limited conditions. CABs are not permitted, among other things, to carry or maintain customer
The following outlines process and procedures if there was not sufficient information in the interpretive guidance available online. Oral Interpretive RequestsIf, after consulting the available guidance, a requester determines that an interpretive issue exists with respect to FINRA's rules, the requester should consider contacting OGC staff by telephone to discuss the issue in more detail.