The Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is highlighting the SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation S-P.[1] On May 15, 2024, the SEC announced the adoption of amendments designed to modernize and enhance the protection of consumer financial information by broadening the scope of information covered by Regulation S-P’s requirements and requiring covered institutions to (1) adopt an incident response program and (2) notify affected individuals whose sensitive customer information was, or is reasonably likely to have been, accessed or used without authorization.
1. Real-time TRACE Data (Vendor Agreement)
Firms wishing to subscribe to either the Bond Trade Dissemination Service (BTDS), Agency Trade Dissemination Services (ATDS), Securitized Products Dissemination Service (SPDS), and/or 144A Bond Trade Dissemination Services (144A) must complete and sign the TRACE Vendor Agreement. The executed Agreement should be submitted electronically to:
This effort is quite extraordinary. It was clearly an enormous endeavor to create the taxonomy and build out the site. I think that many other agencies will benefit from this work and would be very interested in your process, the time and resources required to undertake this type of initiative. It is daunting to think about where to begin.
In conjunction with World Investor Week 2024, the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), FINRA and other industry regulators are issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide investors with information about the ways in which emerging technologies like AI and crypto assets, and digital platforms like social media and mobile trading apps, are increasingly influencing how people invest.
In brokerage accounts such as TD Ameritrade, we are free to trade stocks and financial instruments such as leveraged and inverse funds without any pressures of dealing with an actual broker. There is no solicitation or advertising on these sites that points us to any particular fund or stock. Please don't restrict this freedom.
Short interest is a snapshot of the total open short positions on the books and records of brokerage firms on a given date. FINRA and U.S. exchange rules require that this information be reported twice a month. Short interest data does not—and is not intended to—equate to the short sale volume data on FINRA’s website.
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The transition of the current NASD PROCTOR® Certification and Training Centers into the Sylvan Network is on schedule. Authorized Sylvan Technology Centers will begin computerized delivery of Qualifications Examinations and the Continuing Education Program's computer-based training (CBT) in mid-November 1996. Questions regarding locations available for computerized
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On July 2, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) amended SEC Rule 17a-5 to require broker/dealers to complete reports regarding their readiness and activities to prepare their businesses to address Year 2000 challenges and risks. The Rule amendment was published in the Federal Register—63 FR 37667 on July 13, 1998. Complete Rule information is also
This appears to be part of campaign by ProShares to protect their inverse ETFs. Their sponsorship of the comment site (leteveryoneinvest.com) is hidden. It fails a basic transparency test.
Please review and consider the list of investments to see if they are all equally or substantially toxic to the general public.
It is a shame their isn't a malpractice standard for investment firms.
