On This PageSection 100: GeneralSection 200: Equity and OptionsSection 300: DebtSection 400: FuturesGeneralQ100.1: What is the Trading Activity Fee?A100.1: The Trading Activity Fee, or TAF, is one of the member regulatory fees FINRA assesses to recover the costs the supervising and regulating firms. This includes costs associated with performing examinations, financial
The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF1 experienced an issue today, Friday, December 1, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. ET through 9:23:22 a.m. ET. The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF was rejecting trade reports for a subset of firms, and the root cause was due to a misconfiguration on Nasdaq’s Post Trade Risk system. The configuration was an update to the Post Trade Risk system in preparation for ACT Risk Management service
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These reports and report cards display summaries and statistics related to various risk factors, including sales practice and customer complaints, and more.Canceled and As-Of Trades ReportIn Regulatory Notice 23-17, FINRA announced its decision, effective November 30, 2023, to discontinue collecting INSITE
Thursday, December 7All times are listed in Eastern Time.10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.Opening Remarks10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Panel 1: Credit RatingsTopics:Rules of the RoadUnderstanding Bond Ratings: Methodologies, Consistency of Application, and Assurance of RatingsCase StudyTrends11:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.mBreak11:40 a.m. – 12:25 p.mPanel 2: Pricing Issues (New and Remarketing)Topics:Compliance
Notice to Arbitrators and Parties on Expanded Expungement Guidance
The prevalence of cybersecurity incidents continues to increase at FINRA member firms. As a result of the continued proliferation of cybercrime, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is issuing this advisory to highlight effective practices and considerations for member firms when responding to cyber incidents, including the benefits of voluntarily reporting information related to the incident to various entities.
Due to increased reports related to cyber incidents occurring at FINRA member firms which have been attributed to specific threat actors, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision Program is highlighting a recent joint Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cybersecurity Advisory published on November 16, 2023, which may be updated as new intelligence is uncovered.
In observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will follow the schedule below:Monday, December 25, 2023 ClosedMonday, January 1, 2024  
