The Annuities Securities Products topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Trading on securities exchanges and alternative trading systems (ATSs) has evolved to the point that these venues now execute electronically the vast majority of their volume. This increased automation of trading and the popularity of sponsored or direct access arrangements where broker-dealers allow customers to trade in those markets using the broker-dealers' market participant identifiers
Investors looking for different ways to diversify their portfolio by providing access and exposure to illiquid strategies or alternative assets may look to interval funds, but these come with unique risks and characteristics and have a fee structure that may be higher than those charged by other types of funds.
Technology has made stock trading more accessible to retail investors in a variety of ways, including the increased availability of extended-hours trading. But while placing an order to trade outside of regular trading hours might seem simple, this market can be complex and risky.
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In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025. Affected applications include:Alternative Display Facility (ADF)Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs)As stated in the data feed interface
FINRA Rule 1017 requires member firms file a Continuing Membership Application (CMA) with FINRA's Membership Application Program (MAP) Group prior to implementing any material changes to the firm.
(a) Initial Covered Securities Loans (1) When and How Initial Covered Securities Loans Are Reported For Initial Covered Securities Loans, Covered Persons must report the information specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this Rule to SLATE, as provided in this paragraph (a)(1): (A) An Initial Covered Securities Loan effected on a business day at or after 12:00:00 a.m. Eastern
(a) Next Day Dissemination For each Initial Covered Securities Loan and Loan Modification reported to SLATE on a given business day, no later than the morning of the next business day, FINRA will make publicly available: (1) for an Initial Covered Securities Loan, the unique identifier assigned by FINRA to the Covered Securities Loan; (2) for a Loan Modification, the
