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*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
The NASD will observe the following holiday schedule in 1990:
January 1
New Year's Day
July 4
Independence Day
February 19
Presidents'Day
September 3
Labor Day
April 13
Good Friday
November 24
Final Statements for Broker-Dealers, Investment Adviser Firms, Agents and Investment Adviser Representatives, and Branches
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed FINRA Rule Regarding Front Running of Block Transactions
FINRA Firm Grouping Member Forums are one-day free events designed to provide financial professionals associated with FINRA member firms the opportunity to engage in key discussions with FINRA staff and connect with industry leaders and peers. The forums also include thoughtful discussions around the future landscape of the financial services industry and provides opportunities to meet one-on-
On January 31, 2022, FINRA introduced the Participant Data Management System (“PDM”) which firms now use to manage access to the FINRA trade reporting facilities, including TRACE, ORF and ADF. PDM also allows firms to add, view, and modify users of the TRAQS web interface. Firms are strongly encouraged to use PDM to review their TRAQS users on a regular basis to ensure that accounts remain valid
The TRACE Treasuries Execution Time Difference report is a monthly summary of execution time comparisons for inter-dealer trades in U.S. Treasury Securities reported to TRACE. Firms are required to report trades in accordance with established FINRA rules and regulations.
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify FINRA small firm members of the process to fill one South and one Midwest Region vacancy on the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC). In response to the Election Notice published on September 1, 2020, individuals only self-nominated to run for the South Region seat. Therefore, ballots will be distributed to elect one SFAC South
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) within FINRA’s National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection (NCFC) program is bringing to your attention some additional Russia-related sanctions developments. Please note that these are in addition to those detailed in FINRA Regulatory Notice 22-06.
On February 26, 2022 the White House released a Joint Statement on Further
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Legal & Compliance
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The NASD® will observe the following holiday schedule for 1996:
January 1
New Year's Day
February 19
President's Day
April 5
Good Friday
May 27
Memorial Day
July 4
Independence Day
September 2
Labor Day
November 28
Thanksgiving Day
December 25
Christmas Day
It is Beech Hill Securities (BHS) opinion, that FINRA’s proposal to amend Rule 6730 to reduce TRACE reporting timelines to 1-minute will adversely affect the ability of small to mid-sized firms to participate in Fixed Income reportable securities. Given it is cost prohibitive, most small to mid-size firms do not utilize automated trade reporting systems (E.g., Bloomberg TOMS). Rule 6730 proposal
