In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025. Affected applications include:Alternative Display Facility (ADF)Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs)As stated in the data feed interface
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsTraining
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The SEC has approved amendments to Article III, Sections 2 and 21 (c) of the Rules of Fair Practice ("Rules") to require NASD members to make reasonable efforts to obtain additional information
Resources for Rules Concerning Brokers with a Significant History of Misconduct
Regulatory Notice 21-09
Mapping of Disclosure Categories for Rule 1017(a)(7)
Materiality Consultation Checklist for Rule 1017(a)(7)
FINRA Taping Rule (FINRA Rule 3170)
General Information on Statutory Disqualification and FINRA’s Eligibility Proceedings
Interim Plans of Heightened Supervision FAQs
Sample
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Senior ManagementCorporate FinanceGovernment SecuritiesInstitutionalInternal AuditLegal & ComplianceMunicipalOperationsSyndicateTradingTraining*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In response to questions by members, issuers, and the legal community, the NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to
FINRA’s Maintaining Qualifications Program (MQP) is currently open for eligible individuals during a second enrollment period, until December 31, 2023.
The second enrollment period is available to those who terminated their registration between March 15, 2020, and March 14, 2022.
Executive Summary
The 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 representative
Midwest Region Committee, District 8 representative
North Region Committee, District 9
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Senior Management Legal & ComplianceOperations OptionsSyndicate Trading Training Other
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved new Section 42 of Article III of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice. The section prohibits NASD members from effecting, directly or indirectly, over-the-counter transactions in a security in which a trading
(a) Members Required to Provide Notice
(1) To facilitate trade reporting and dissemination of transactions in TRACE-Eligible Securities and to provide market participants in the Corporate Debt Security markets with reliable and timely new issue reference data to facilitate the trading and settlement of these instruments, a member that is a managing underwriter of a distribution or offering (
These enhancements/improvements are absolutely necessary. What's currently being allowed is borderline criminal, and without proper accountability, shareholders are being placed at excessive risk. The current regulatory conditions and enforcement are clearly insufficient, leaving investors/shareholders at higher risk, thus requiring better information in order to make decisions about the
FINRA Rule 5210 (Publication of Transactions and Quotations) prohibits member firms from publishing or circulating, or causing to be published or circulated, any communication which purports to report any transaction as a purchase or sale of any security unless such member believes that such transaction was a bona fide purchase or sale of such security. Firms may, on a discretionary basis, communicate or advertise their trading activity to the market through one or more service providers that disseminate that information to subscribers and the market. Firms that do so must ensure that such information is truthful, accurate and not misleading, consistent with the requirements of Rule 5210.
