2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight ReportThe Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) 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.SEC Rule 613 requires FINRA
NYSE and NYSE American LLC member organizations that become members of FINRA pursuant to IM-1013-1 and IM-1013-2, respectively, shall not be assessed the fee set forth in Section 4(b)(1) to Schedule A of the FINRA By-Laws for the initial Form U4 filed by firms for the registration of any representative or principal associated with the member organization at the time a firm submits its application
NYSE and NYSE Alternext US LLC member organizations that become members of FINRA pursuant to IM-1013-1 and IM-1013-2, respectively, shall not be assessed the fee set forth in Section 4(b)(1) to Schedule A of the FINRA By-Laws for the initial Form U4 filed by firms for the registration of any representative or principal associated with the member organization at the time a firm submits its
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 6897 (Consolidated Audit Trail Funding Fees) to establish fees for Industry Members related to reasonably budgeted Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) costs of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit
SummaryFINRA recently held annual elections to fill vacancies on the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC) and the Regional Committees, and, at its December meeting, the FINRA Board of Governors (FINRA Board) appointed several individuals to fill vacancies on the SFAC and the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC). This Notice lists the individuals recently elected and appointed to the SFAC, Regional
By Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA. Last month, the SEC issued an exemptive order providing significant relief from the personally identifiable information (PII) reporting requirements of CAT (the Exemptive Order). This was an important step towards reducing unnecessary PII risk associated with CAT, and was directionally consistent with a blog I previously wrote calling for CAT to stop collecting and storing investors’ PII. As discussed below, however, the Exemptive Order did not eliminate all PII from CAT.
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.
Effective July 1, 2025, Prospective CAT Cost Recovery Fee 2025-1 will no longer be in effect for transactions in eligible securities executed by FINRA member CAT executing brokers, and Prospective CAT Cost Recovery Fee 2025-2 will be in effect.
