The Best Execution, Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions, Private Placements, and Reg BI and Form CRS sections of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
1. When will the Annual Review be available?The Annual Review period is the first 17 business days of the calendar year. The Annual Review section will be available during that time and until the firm completes it.2. Where can I find the Annual Review submitted by my firm?One of the reports available in the FCS Reports section is the Annual Review Report. This report provides the Contacts and
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On Tuesday, May 3, 1988, the following two issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,976:
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AKRN
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On Tuesday, April 5, 1988, the following thirteen issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,994:
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Company
Location
CYTR
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On Tuesday, November 17, 1987, the following 10 issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 3,076:
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Company
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BCKY
UPDATE 10/19/2018: During the week of Oct. 8, 2018, exceptional market volatility again produced record numbers of electronic messages processed by FINRA, including the three highest-volume days in history:
The 107 billion messages processed on Oct. 10 topped the previous record of 101 billion set on March 28, 2018.
The very next day – Oct. 11 – saw a significantly higher record set: 135
It seems to me, and many others from reading comments, that the short sale reporting features are very lacking in up to date data and it seems the delay is used to protect those whom are abusing the system. The OTC non-ATS trading system seems to be another area that is wildly abused by market manipulators and needs to have a complete overhaul, if not completely done away with. It appears that
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As of November 28, 1994, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM). These bonds are not subject to mandatory quotation:
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Name
Coupon
Maturity
SHST.GA
Sheffield Steel Corp.
12.000
11/1/01
CMDC.GA
Charter Med. Corp
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
On Tuesday, June 3, 1986, 25 issues are scheduled to join the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the total number of issues in NASDAQ/NMS to 2,385. These 25 issues, which will begin trading under real-time trade reporting, are entering NASDAQ/NMS pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's criteria for voluntary
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Executive Summary
The Department of Treasury (Treasury) asked the NASD® to remind its members about regulations issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). These regulations require broker/dealers to block1 accounts and other assets of countries identified as threats to national security
