The FINRA Midwest Region Networking Seminar is a one-day event designed to provide financial professionals associated with FINRA member firms in the Midwest Region the opportunity to engage in key discussions with FINRA staff, and connect with industry leaders and peers.
The landscape of types of investment products is quite broad, and extends well beyond stocks, bonds and mutual funds, which are familiar to many investors. We’ll give you an overview of major investment categories—those that have been around for decades and some that are emerging.
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiatives, beginning in December 2022, FINRA will re-platform the FINRA OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) to a new Linux-based operating system.1 This update is in addition to the Trade Data Dissemination Service (TDDS) protocol changes FINRA previously announced.
ORF currently supports timestamps up to milliseconds. Effective December 5, 2022, ORF
FINRA is publishing its quarterly OTCBB/OTC Equities High Price Dissemination List for the fourth quarter of 2020. This updated list of OTC equity securities eligible for trade report dissemination for trades of fewer than 100 shares is effective as of March 19, 2021. To view changes, visit the Daily List: Security Attribute Changes page, select the “Unit of Trades” filter and enter March 18,
This Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) is designed to inform member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations. For selected regulatory obligations, the Report: (1) identifies the applicable rule and key related considerations for member firm compliance programs, (2) summarizes noteworthy findings from recent examinations and outlines effective practices that FINRA observed during its oversight, and (3) provides additional resources that may be helpful to member firms.
America is founded on the principal of education and independence. As an investor, I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
I should not have to go through any process or take a test before investing in any security. As long as we have regulations that financial
Background
In March 2017, FINRA issued a Special Notice on its engagement programs as part of FINRA360, its comprehensive review of its operations. In response to the Special Notice, FINRA received a number of comments and suggestions regarding the usefulness of some advisory committees, their membership and their effectiveness as a vehicle for dialogue between FINRA and member firms. After
SR-FINRA-2019-009 has been approved by the SEC. Effective May 8, 2019, this rule will no longer be applicable. Please consult the appropriate FINRA rule.
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Statements of accounts to customers must clearly and prominently disclose on the front of the statement:
1. the identity of the introducing and
Senior investors may have unique needs that elevate the need for expedited attention with securities brokerage concerns. For three years, FINRA’s Securities Helpline for Seniors has been working to address those needs. Here’s how.
