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Executive SummaryThe purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the upcoming elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.As detailed below, the following seats are contested:Midwest Region Committee, District 4 representativeMidwest Region Committee, District 8 representativeNew York Region Committee, District 10
On October 23, 2023, FINRA announced the Regional Committee election. Firms in Districts with contested elections (Districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) will receive ballots via email from [email protected] to vote in this election (hard copy ballots will also be mailed to these firms). Voting concludes on November 22, 2023, and the newly elected Regional Committee members will take
As the Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist, Ms. Walsh is responsible for management of national strategic and tactical initiatives by providing high quality research, analysis and advice on the economics of securities regulation and policy in support of the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) and FINRA’s mission. The work product informs current rulemaking initiatives, reviews of existing
Jim Reese is Senior Vice President of Data and Analytics for Member Supervision at FINRA. Mr. Reese leads a team of data analysts, risk specialists and data scientists responsible for developing and executing innovative advanced analytics, risk and predictive models, graph and other visualizations to enable, inform and drive the efficiency and effectiveness of Member Supervision and its
Reminder, 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. The master list of U.S. dollar-denominated foreign sovereign debt securities will be available beginning the morning of November 6, 2023 via the TRAQS Security Scan and the TRACE Reference Data
On October 23, 2023, FINRA announced the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) election for the Midwest and South Regions. Small firms in these regions will receive ballots via email from [email protected] to vote in this election (hard copy ballots will also be mailed to these firms). Voting concludes on November 22, 2023, and the newly elected SFAC members will take office in January
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Summary
FINRA has amended its By-Laws to exempt from the Trading Activity Fee (TAF) any transaction by a proprietary trading firm that occurs on an exchange of which the proprietary trading firm is a member.
The amendment to FINRA’s TAF will take effect on November 6, 2023.
The amended text of the FINRA By-Laws is set forth in Attachment A.
Questions regarding this Notice should be directed
