By Robert Cook, President and CEO, and Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision, FINRA. From 2021 to 2024, the SEC brought enforcement actions against numerous FINRA member firms for recordkeeping violations involving off-channel communications (OCCs) and settled them on substantially similar terms. In January 2025, the SEC brought additional OCC-related actions against other member firms but settled these on significantly less burdensome terms. A group of firms settling before 2025 petitioned the SEC to modify their settlements to align with the January firm settlements. The SEC recently denied this petition.
SR-FINRA-2009-023 - Proposed Rule Filing to Adopt FINRA Rule 2320 (Variable Contracts of an Insurance Company) in the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook
SR-FINRA-2007-006 - Proposed Rule Change Regarding Historic TRACE Data
The guidance provided in these FAQs pertains to the reporting to FINRA of “short” positions pursuant to FINRA Rule 4560 (Short-Interest Reporting) in OTC Equity securities, as defined in Rule 6420, and securities listed on a national securities exchange.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to make technical and other non-substantive changes within FINRA rules.
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to: (1) amend Section 4 of Schedule A to the NASD By-Laws to re-label a subparagraph that inadvertently was not correctly re-labeled as part of a recent rule filing, and (2) amend Rule 10308(d) of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure to provide a title for recently approved rule language and to replace and re-label rule language that
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change relating to members’ filing requirements under FINRA Rule 6432 (Compliance with the Information Requirements of SEA Rule 15c2-11).
NASDR has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend Rule 2820 (the "Variable Contracts Rule") and Rule 2830 (the "Investment Company Rule") of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. The Investment Company Rule would be amended to: (1) provide maximum aggregate sales charge limits for fund of funds arrangements; (2) permit mutual
NASD is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to correct a typographical error in NASD Rule 2520 (Margin Requirements). In particular, the proposed rule change would amend NASD Rule 2520 to re-label a subparagraph that was incorrectly identified as part of a recent rule filing.
NASD has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend paragraph (L) of NASD Rule 3010(b)(2) ("Taping Rule" or "Rule") to (1) require member firms that are seeking an exemption from the Rule to submit their exemption requests to NASD within 30 days of receiving notice from NASD or obtaining actual
