Every year, millions of seniors become victims of financial exploitation, resulting in billions of dollars in personal losses. Protection of senior investors is a top priority for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and is the focus of several rules intended to thwart financial exploitation.
On May 14, 2018, amendments to FINRA Rule 2232 will take effect, which require a member firm to disclose on the customer confirmation the amount of mark-up or mark-down it applies for certain trades with retail customers in corporate or agency debt securities. Disclosed mark-ups must be calculated consistent with existing Rule 2121. With regard to the client confirmation requirements and
Due to a reference data file problem affecting TRACE MBS securities, transactions reported in these securities on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, between 8:00 a.m.ET and 11:49 a.m. ET were not disseminated via the SPDS and SPDS-144A data feeds.
Posted: April 12, 2019
Holiday Reminder
The TRF Systems will be closed on Friday, April 19, 2019. As stated in the data feed interface specifications, FINRA may send out unmarked test data via its data feeds on market holidays. Direct data feed subscribers, including recipients of TRF data, should take the necessary precautions to prevent data corruption. Thank you for your attention to this
Proposed Rule Change Relating to District Committee Structure and Governance
Enhancements to FINRA’s May 18, 2018 Disclosure Review Process Relating to Public Financial Records
Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6710 to Modify the Definition of “Agency Debt Security”
Pursuant to a Securities and Exchange Commission request, each SRO has agreed to make reported short sale trading data publicly available.
Pursuant to a Securities and Exchange Commission request, each SRO has agreed to make reported short sale trading data publicly available.