SummaryTo assist members in their financial reporting obligations, FINRA is issuing this Notice to provide the due dates for Annual Report, Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single (FOCUS), Form Custody, and supplemental FOCUS Report filings that are due in 2025 or the first quarter of 2026. FINRA reminds members that all such filings they submit to FINRA must be made electronically
SummaryFINRA is providing information in this Notice to remind registered persons and firms of the continuing education (CE) requirements, including:this year’s CE Regulatory Element training assignments and completion deadline of December 31, 2024;resources available to firms for facilitating compliance with the annual Regulatory Element requirements; andresources available to firms to guide in
FINRA is issuing this Information Notice to remind members of the role of the Cross-Market Regulation Working Group (CMRWG), which was established under the U.S. Subgroup of the Intermarket Surveillance Group (ISG), to focus on ways to reduce unnecessary regulatory duplication.Please see the attached ISG CMRWG Regulatory Memorandum 2024-01 (“Notice”) that was issued by the Participants of the ISG
FINRA is advising member firms that the Options Clearing Corporation has issued the June 2024 Options Disclosure Document (ODD). The ODD contains general disclosures on the characteristics and risks of trading standardized options. The June 2024 ODD contains new language to update (i) the list of options markets to include MEMX, LLC and (ii) settlement information to reflect T+1
SummaryEffective May 22, 2024, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to specified securities transactions on the exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets will increase from its current rate of $8.00 per million dollars in transactions to a new rate of $27.80 per million dollars in transactions.Finance-related questions should be directed to:Amanda Rath, Manager, Finance, at (240) 386-6637 or by
(a) Notice of Suspension of Member, Person Associated with a Member or Person Subject to FINRA's Jurisdiction if Corrective Action is Not Taken
If a member, person associated with a member or person subject to FINRA's jurisdiction fails to provide any information, report, material, data, or testimony requested or required to be filed pursuant to the FINRA By-Laws or FINRA rules,
SummaryThe national options exchanges are closing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, November 24, 2023 (the Friday after Thanksgiving), which will modify the exercise cut-off time for expiring options. FINRA reminds firms that, pursuant to FINRA Rule 2360(b)(23)(A)(viii), if a national options exchange or The Options Clearing Corporation announces a modified time for the close of trading
SummaryThis Notice reminds firms of the changes to FINRA’s Continuing Education (CE) Firm Element requirement, specifically:extending the requirement to all registered persons;recognizing other required training toward satisfying an individual’s annual Firm Element obligation; andrevising the minimum Firm Element training criteria.FINRA and the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing
SummaryTo assist members in their financial reporting obligations, FINRA is issuing this Notice to provide the due dates for Annual Report, Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single (FOCUS), Form Custody, and supplemental FOCUS Report filings that are due in 2024 or the first quarter of 2025. FINRA reminds members that all such filings they submit to FINRA must be made electronically
