On Tuesday February 11, 2020, and Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) will be unavailable for clients who test using the CTCI-MQ.protocol. This affects FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) and the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF).
FIX and CTCI-TCP/IP protocols in the NTF region as well as all production systems are unaffected by this
Pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission request, FINRA makes short sale trade data publicly available for off-exchange (i.e., OTC) trades in exchange-listed securities reported to a FINRA Trade Reporting Facility (TRF). FINRA makes two types of files available: (1) Daily Short Sale Volume Files; and (2) Monthly Short Sale Transaction Files (collectively, the Short Sale Files).
The
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
Background
On December 20, 2019, the SEC approved an amendment to FINRA Rule 6750 to permit the publication of weekly aggregated transaction information and statistics on U.S. Treasury Securities. Starting Tuesday March 10, the new TRACE data aggregates will be published on FINRA’s website (www.finra.org).
Aggregated Reports
The
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes (“Customer Code”) and the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes (“Industry Code”) (together, “Codes”) to apply minimum fees to requests for expungement of customer
In observance of Presidents’ Day, the FINRA Alternative Display Facility (ADF) will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact FINRA Market Operations at (866) 776-0800 if you have any questions.
In observance of Presidents’ Day, the FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs) will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please contact FINRA Market Operations at (866) 776-0800 if you have any questions.
(a) Each member or its agent that is a participant in a registered clearing agency, for purposes of clearing over-the-counter securities transactions, shall use the facilities of a registered clearing agency for the clearance of eligible transactions between members in corporate debt securities.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this Rule does not apply to a transaction between members (the “parties”) whose
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend Rule 11900 (Clearance of Corporate Debt Securities) to except certain transactions in corporate debt securities.
FINRA will be applying infrastructure upgrades to the OTCE.FINRA.org and OTCTransparency.FINRA.org websites on Saturday, January 18, 2020, from approximately 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. During this time, these websites will be unavailable to users.
Please contact FINRA Support with any questions regarding this notice.
FINRA currently supports three methods for the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The -Counter Reporting (ORF) products – FIX, Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) and TRAQS.
Any client, including Service Bureaus, that currently utilizes CTCI and wishes to continue to deliver electronic transactions (i.e., not via TRAQS) needs to migrate to the FIX protocol by Monday, February 3,
