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Election Notice – 9/1/20

Summary 

The purpose of the Notice is to notify member firms of the upcoming nomination and election process to fill vacancies on FINRA’s Regional Committees. The Regional Committees play an important part of informing FINRA’s regulatory programs by, among other things, alerting FINRA to industry trends that could present regulatory concerns, and consulting with FINRA on proposed policies and rule changes.

2019062253101 Jesse T. Kovacs CRD 5047161 AWC jlg (2020-1601079567872).pdf

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT NO. 2019062253101 TO: Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) RE: Jesse T. Kovacs, Respondent Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative CRD No. 5047161 Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9216 of FINRA’s Code of Procedure, Respondent Jesse T. Kovacs submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below.

Technical Notice

Additional Weekend Testing Opportunities – MEMX and MIAX – August 29, 2020

August 26, 2020

The Members Exchange (“MEMX”) and the MIAX Pearl Equities Exchange (“MIAX”) are providing additional testing opportunities this weekend in preparation for their respective launch dates.  Firms participating in the August 29, 2020 test may send OATS data related to those orders to the OATS Certification Testing environment before the following Monday's OATS reporting deadline. OATS will then attempt to match to MEMX and MIAX test data. Matching statistics for the weekend test will be provided to firms upon request and will not be published to OATS CT Website.