FINRA Rule 4111(b) requires the Department of Member Supervision (Department) to calculate annually a member firm’s "Preliminary Identification Metrics" to determine whether the firm meets the "Preliminary Criteria for Identification."1 A key driver of that is whether a member firm’s Preliminary Identification Metrics meet quantitative, risk-based "Preliminary
As announced by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the Federal Register on October 28, 2021, FINRA will collect detailed data on depository institutions’ daily transactions of marketable U.S. Treasury securities and of the debt and MBS issued by U.S. federal government agencies including government-sponsored enterprises (agencies) via its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine
Past Events
On-demand Events/Programs Featuring Reg BI Discussions
FINRA Unscripted Podcast: Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS: Two Years In | June 28, 2022
2022 FINRA Annual Conference Session: Regulation Best Interest: Lessons Learned | Recorded May 17, 2022
2021 Small Firm Virtual Conference | October 28, 2021
2021 FINRA Annual Conference | May 18 - 20, 2021
SEC
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rules 4130A, 4300A, 4613A, 4617A, and 4632A regarding the Alternative Display Facility ("ADF"). Specifically, the proposed rule change expands the prohibition on locking or crossing quotations in NMS stocks to include pre-opening and post-closing
All capital acquisition brokers are subject to FINRA Rule 4111.
Adopted by by SR-FINRA-2020-041 eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
Selected Notice: 21-34.
Request more transparency. Retail investors should have visibility on all exchanges and they should be immediate. Current technology makes this possible. T+2 system is a relic of an antiquated system. The current system architecture puts all the advantage to large firms that have access to information that is either restricted or delayed to the retail investor. This obviously creates an un-level
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend temporary supplementary material .17 (Temporary Relief to Allow Remote Inspections for Calendar Years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023) under FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision) to include calendar year 2024.
SEC Approves Amendments to Rules on Reporting Transactions to the OTC Reporting Facility
FINRA previously announced it will be modifying the Statistics data on the OTC Transparency Data website to enhance the amount of information that is available to its users.
These enhancements will now occur beginning on Monday, November 21, 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact FINRA Business Services.
Comments: Back in the 1990s when I started it was quite common for people who wanted to trade leveraged diversified products to establish a mutual fund account at Rydex (now part of Guggenheim). There were other products which were similar at the time though I think most have closed. The most popular trading were the Fidelity Select funds which had a 3% load specifically to allow for more rapid
