Supervision Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
On Tuesday, July 15, 1986, 33 issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,457. These 33 issues, which will begin trading under real-time trade reporting, are entering NASDAQ/NMS pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's criteria for voluntary
Deferred variable annuities are hybrid investments containing securities and insurance features. Their sales are regulated both by FINRA and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These annuities offer investors choices among a number of complex contract features and options.
Due to the complexity and confusion surrounding them, which can lead to questionable sales practices, variable
FINRA’s legacy file transfer service (filetransfer.finra.org) will be shut down on 7/1/2020. By now, all FINRA applications file transfers that were using the legacy service should have migrated to fileX file transfer service. Details about fileX service and user guide can be found on https://www.finra.org/filing-reporting/data-transfer-tools/fileX.
Please contact FINRA Support Center at (800)
With the holiday season upon us and 2023 coming to an end, FINRA’s Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) would like to remind member firms to prepare for cyber threats and attacks that may occur around the holidays. Member firms and their vendors should consider reviewing and validating their Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs), continuing to educate their employees with respect to cybersecurity and effective practices, and testing incident response plans (IRPs) to prepare for, prevent, or recover from an incident.
FINRA Rule 4554 states that if for any reason an ATS uses a NBBO source other than the one that was reported on its ATS OATS data submission, the ATS must notify FINRA via e-mail that an alternative source was used to obtain the NBBO
On September 12, 2016, FINRA added a new ATS Order Type Entry Screen to the OATS Administration Section of the OATS Web Interface.
SEC Approves Rule Change to Reduce the Clock Synchronization Tolerance for Computer Clocks Used To Record Events in NMS Securities and OTC Equity Securities
SEC Approves OATS Amendments to Require Identification of Non-FINRA Member Broker-Dealers
