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 6730 to reduce the 15-minute TRACE reporting timeframe to one minute, with exceptions for member firms with de minimis reporting activity and for manual trades.
Terms and acronyms candidates may encounter in FINRA qualification exams.
The Series 16 exam — the Supervisory Analyst Qualification Exam (SA) — assesses the competency of an entry-level principal to perform their job as a supervisory analyst.
Capital Acquisition Brokers (CABs) are firms that engage in a limited range of activities, including: advising companies and private equity funds on capital raising and corporate restructuring, andacting as placement agents for sales of unregistered securities to institutional investors under limited conditions.Firms that elect to be governed under the CAB rule set are not permitted,
Below are links to the central web sites that provide copies of each of the three NMS Plans in which FINRA participates.
FINRA has implemented Form BR (Uniform Branch Office Registration Form) functionality enhancements for initial Form BR submissions that allow firms to de-select FINRA when establishing a new location designated as an RSL that needs to be registered or notice filed with a jurisdiction, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), or both, as a branch office. Further information on these functionality enhancements and how firms should complete an initial Form BR is available in the Frequently Asked Questions about Residential Supervisory Locations (RSLs).
Firms must register each branch office with FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and states that require branch registration. This is accomplished with Form BR, the Uniform Branch Office Registration Form.Every firm must have at least one branch office location registered. Every registered branch must have a Supervisor or Person-in-Charge that is registered with the firm.Article IV, Section
Learn how Small Firm Advisory Committee Elections and Regional Committee Elections work at FINRA.
FINRA understands that certain jurisdictions and SROs that require a branch office to be either “registered” or “notice filed,” using Form BR (Uniform Branch Office Registration Form) may not currently be able to recognize FINRA Rule 3110.19 (Residential Supervisory Location (“RSL”)).
