TRACE Announcements
Posted: February 13, 2012
Holiday Reminder Regarding TRACE Market Data
In observation of Presidents’ Day, the TRAQS system will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2012. As stated in the data feed interface specifications, FINRA may send out unmarked test data via its data feeds on market holidays. Direct data feed subscribers, including recipients of TRAQS data via the Bond Trading Dissemination Service (BTDS) and/or Agency Trading Dissemination Service (ATDS) feed(s) should take the necessary precautions to prevent data corruption. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact FINRA Operations at (866) 776-0800 if you have any questions.
Posted: January 27, 2012
New Issue Form for TRACE Corporate Bonds and Agency Reporting
FINRA has updated the TRACE New Issue Form available through the Firm Gateway. The form now accommodates entries for Corporate Bonds, Agency Debt, Equity-Linked Notes and Church Bonds to be added to the system without requiring FINRA Operations. The new issues will be electronically delivered to the TRAQS database for use in trade reporting TRACE-eligible securities.
Changes have been made to the way Corporates, Agencies, Equity-Linked Notes and Church Bonds are entered on the form. Firms should familiarize themselves with the new form before January 30, 2012. Securitized Product (MBS, CMO/ABS) entries will remain as currently designed.
Note: All existing New Issue Forms in a “DRAFT” status will be deleted from the Firm Gateway as of the close of business on January 27, 2012.
Firms subject to the requirements of FINRA Rules 6730 and 6760 must use the updated form to submit new issue information to FINRA beginning January 30, 2012.
View a table of the required fields for the TRACE New Issue form, and a mock-up of the form itself.
Posted: January 4, 2012
TRACE Phone-In Workshop: Multi Product Platform (MPP)
January 17, 2012
3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. ET
FINRA is hosting a free, 45-minute phone-in workshop to review rule changes, technical specifications and testing related to the migration of Corporate Bonds and Agency Debt Securities to the Multi Product Platform (MPP), which will take effect February 6, 2012. The presentation includes details regarding the industry User Acceptance Test (UAT), which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21, 2012, and Saturday, January 28, 2012.
Participants may submit questions before and during the workshop via email.
Register for this event.
Please note: Since there are a limited number of lines available for this call, please register as soon as possible and plan to share a phone line with others at your firm to help us maximize participation.