Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 1011(p) (“specified risk event”), to correct an inadvertent drafting error and clarify the “final regulatory actions” that are included in the “specified risk event” definition for purposes of the Rule 1000 Series (Member
As announced in Regulatory Notice 21-02, FINRA is modifying the convention for rounding the original Loan-To-Value ratio used in the dissemination of transactions in agency pass-through mortgage-backed securities and Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed asset-backed securities traded in specified pool transactions. FINRA previously announced that this change will become effective
For May 11, 2021, transactions disseminated in Ginnie Mae issued mortgage-backed securities traded in specified pool transactions (MBS transactions) do not reflect reference data element updates published by Ginnie Mae as of the end of the day on May 10, 2021. Consequently, the dissemination ID (RDID) used for MBS transactions in Ginnie Mae securities will reflect security reference data
Becoming a registered person has not been an easy or inexpensive process. In 2018, FINRA’s creation of the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam was a significant step in simplifying the process for an individual to demonstrate basic industry knowledge. The SIE is open anyone over age 18 and, most importantly, association with a member firm is not required. Passing the SIE, however, does not
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FINRA has received an increasing number of reports regarding customer account takeover (ATO) incidents, which involve bad actors using compromised customer information, such as login credentials (i.e., username and password), to gain unauthorized entry to customers’ online brokerage accounts.
To help firms prevent, detect and respond to such attacks, FINRA recently organized roundtable
