I'm a retail trader. I'm glad strongly in favor of enhanced short and FTD reporting requirements. Knowing the true short interest and quantity of FTDs on a security are important metrics for me when I'm evaluating an investment. There are currently too many ways for large players in the system to obfuscate this information. Please do everything in your power to ensure that true
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, beginning Monday, May 19, 2025, FINRA will re-platform TRACE Securitized Products (SP) to a new Linux-based operating system. As a reminder, FINRA requires client testing participation in this effort to validate that all processes work within the TRACE reporting framework. TRACE clients who utilize FIX for SP trade entry and other
FINRA announced today the results of its election of two Governors to its Board of Governors. The announcement came after the Annual Meeting of FINRA firms, where Scott A. Curtis, president of Raymond James’s Private Client Group, was elected as a Large-Firm Governor, and Wendy Lanton, Chief Compliance Officer and Founding Principal of Herald & Lantern Investments, Inc., was re-elected as a Small-Firm Governor.
February 1, 2001The first quarter 2001 software release for OATS contains two enhancements that will significantly affect NASD member firms, service bureaus, and clearing firms.The first enhancement is to empower member firms with the ability to control who submits order data on their behalf. OATS will give member firms the ability to set up reporting relationships with their Order Sending
SEC Approves Changes to Arbitration Rules on Definition of Associated Person, Distribution of the FINRA Discovery Guide and Applicability of Hearing Session Fees
Summary
FINRA has adopted amendments to Rule 2231 (Customer Account Statements) to add eight new supplementary materials pertaining to:
compliance with Rule 4311 (Carrying Agreements);
the transmission of customer account statements to other persons or entities;
the use of electronic media to satisfy delivery obligations;
compliance with Rule 3150 (Holding of Customer Mail);
the
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior ManagementLegal & ComplianceOperationsSystemsTrading
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As previously reported in Notice To Members 88-104, the NASD, beginning February 12, 1989, will require its members to respond to requests for trading data using an automated format. The format is consistent
FINRA is introducing a new system for FINRA member firms to submit the FINRA Participant agreement and FINRA order form. Beginning January 31, 2022, FINRA Member firms will be required to use the Participant Data Management platform to perform the following functions for the TRACE, ORF or ADF facilities:
Submit, view, and amend the FINRA Participation Agreement;
View and modify access to the
As previously announced on March 22, 2024 in a FINRA Trade Reporting Notice, FINRA is planning to implement enhancements to the FINRA equity trade reporting facilities to support the reporting of fractional share quantities. The enhancements require associated updates to FINRA’s trade reporting guidance, as described in greater detail in the Trade Reporting Notice. These enhancements are being
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Congress passed the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, which became effective on November 19, 1988, and augments enforcement of the securities laws, particularly
