Proposed Rule Change to Waive Fees under FINRA Rule 7730 (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (“TRACE”))
Thank you, Bill [Press], and good morning, everyone. It's great to be here with you.
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to establish July 10, 2006 as the effective date of the amendments to NASD's Order Audit Trail System (OATS) rules approved by the Commission on September 28, 2005 and March 30, 2006.
FINRA poses several questions for firms to consider as they evaluate whether their supervisory systems are reasonably designed to address risks of their SPAC-related activities. These questions are based on FINRA’s observations to this point in our review. In addition, the Appendix notes additional guidance FINRA has provided regarding member firms’ relevant obligations.
The Credit Risk Management, Liquidity Risk Management and Net Capital sections of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Data Definitions for Treasury Securities Trade Activity. Data fieldDefinitionAggregate Indicator Aggregate Indicator field identifies if a transaction is eligible for the Treasury aggregate statisticsY - Aggregate EligibleN - Not eligible for the Aggregates As Of IndicatorThis field will be populated if the transaction being reported is an As/Of trade, Reversal, Cancel
ONNX Store, a Phishing-as-a-service platform (PhaaS), is targeting Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts at FINRA member firms with an advanced social engineering attack known as quishing: a business email compromise (BEC) attack that uses QR codes in embedded PDF documents to redirect victims to phishing URLs.
Regulatory ObligationsSEA Rule 15c3-3 (Customer Protection Rule) imposes requirements on firms that are designed to protect customer funds and securities. Firms are obligated to maintain custody of customers’ fully paid and excess margin securities and safeguard customer funds. Firms satisfy these requirements by keeping customer funds in a special reserve bank account and by maintaining customer
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As of November 26, 1993, the following 105 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,412:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
DUCR
Duracraft Corp.
10/26/93
1000
ISCO
Illinois Superconductor Corporation
10/26/93
1000
KAMNZ
Kaman Corporation (Dep
