For the Public
FINRA Data provides non-commercial use of data, specifically the ability to save data views and create and manage a Bond Watchlist.
For Industry Professionals
Registered representatives can fulfill Continuing Education requirements, view their industry CRD record and perform other compliance tasks.
For Member Firms
Firm compliance professionals can access filings and requests, run reports and submit support tickets.
I think that the proposed reduction to one minute reporting other than help investor protection will create a lot of problems for member firms, specially small firms. I think (and I am sure will happen more with small firms) that the number of errors in ticket generation will increase tremendously. This will then create delays in matching and settling trades (in addition to TRACE violations for not matching or reporting on time). This will also have a monetary impact (again, more in small firms) because of the need to "automate" as much as possible their systems.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to change references in the Codes of Arbitration Procedure from the Neutral List Selection System to the list selection algorithm.
Transitioning to a 1 minute reporting time frame would make it more expensive for clients and make it harder for small firms like us to truly obtain best execution as we would be limited to only trading through our clearing firm. It’s a horrible idea and needs to be eliminated.
