2019 Involvement and Election Process Overview
Request for TRACE Reporting Exemption Under FINRA Rule 6732
SummaryEffective May 14, 2025, the Section 31 fee rate applicable to specified securities transactions on the exchanges and in the over-the-counter markets will decrease from its current rate of $27.80 per million dollars in transactions to a new rate of $0.00 per million dollars in transactions.Finance-related questions should be directed to Amanda Rath, Associate Director, Revenue Management,
GUIDANCEOATS Reporting RequirementsSUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSExecutive RepresentativesLegal & ComplianceOperationsSenior ManagementOATSRule 6950 SeriesExecutive SummaryIn Notice to Members (NtM) 04-46 (June 2004), NASD announced that, beginning December 1, 2004, members would be required to use the Combined New Order/Route and Combined New Order/ Execution Reports (
As part of FINRA’s mission to protect investors and promote market integrity, we are focused on addressing the regulatory challenges presented by our member firms’ crypto asset activities. Crypto assets—also known as digital assets—are assets that are issued or transferred using distributed ledger or blockchain technology. They include, but are not limited to, so-called virtual currencies, coins, and tokens. A particular crypto asset may or may not meet the definition of a “security” under the federal securities laws.
INFORMATIONAL
Continuing Education
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Continuing Education
Legal & Compliance
Registration
Senior Management
Foreign Deferrals
In-Firm Delivery
Regulatory Element
Executive Summary
Effective July 14, 2003, the Regulatory Element Continuing Education Supervisors Program (S201) will be
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Legal & ComplianceOperationsRegistrationTraining
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved revisions to several of the NASD's qualification examinations. These changes become effective January 1, 1990. The revised examinations include the following:
Investment
(a)(1) Each member shall be assessed a registration fee of $75.00 and a branch office system processing fee of $75.00 upon the registration of each branch office, as defined in the By-Laws.
(2) FINRA shall waive, for the first branch office registered by a member, payment of the $75.00 registration fee and the $75.00 branch office system processing fee (where such fees have been assessed
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Senior Management
Corporate Finance
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) is reminding member firms that, effective October 1, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Transaction Fees for transactions in exchange-
With the holiday season upon us and 2023 coming to an end, FINRA’s Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) would like to remind member firms to prepare for cyber threats and attacks that may occur around the holidays. Member firms and their vendors should consider reviewing and validating their Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs), continuing to educate their employees with respect to cybersecurity and effective practices, and testing incident response plans (IRPs) to prepare for, prevent, or recover from an incident.
