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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 5130 (Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings) and FINRA Rule 5131 (New Issue Allocations and Distributions) to exempt additional persons from the scope of the rules, modify current
FINRA Consolidates the Collection of Short Interest Data; Effective Date: May 15, 2008
This article highlights some of the common cybersecurity threats faced by broker-dealers. In a number of cases, FINRA has observed that different types of attacks were coordinated and overlapped.
Phishing – Social engineering or “phishing” attacks remain one of the most common cybersecurity threats firms have discussed with FINRA. Many firms experienced situations where employees provided
Effective February 1, 2008, FINRA is expanding the class of entities permitted to use the delta hedging exemption to include other broker-dealers and certain financial institutions. NASD Rule 2860, as amended, is set forth in Attachment A to this Notice.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt rules relating to the establishment of a second Trade Reporting Facility or “TRF” to be operated in conjunction with Nasdaq, Inc. (“Nasdaq”). The second FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility (“FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago”) would provide
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to the NASD By-Laws and Schedule B thereof that restructure the size and
To Whom it May Concern, Thank you for requesting comments on this matter. I believe short interest and short sale reporting plays a major part of our current financial structure. Such a major role, that it is surprising how lax the overall rules are governing this aspect. I'm as smooth brain as they come, but I truly believe in clear and open transparency to the public is a way to help
The proposed amendment to FINRA 4560 is a laughable attempt at improving naked short selling internal control measures, actual regulatory action, or really any kind of further obligation on the part of the involved broker-dealers. There have been hundreds if not thousands of regulatory "actions" taken by FINRA related to short sale, and misreporting/misclassification of shorts. This
Options Trading Activity, Demographic Changes for FINRA-Registered Representatives Among New Data Available in this Year’s Snapshot
WASHINGTON – FINRA today published the 2023 Industry Snapshot, the annual statistical report on registered representatives, brokerage firms, and market activity that FINRA oversees. This year’s edition adds new data about options trading activity, and
