The Daily Total Summary Data and Detail Data Download files for the OATS Compliance Report Card provide underlying totals and detail of the data contained in the monthly summary OATS Compliance Report Card.
The tables below represent the data within the Daily Totals Summary Report Card and the Detail Data Download files.
Summary Definitions and Data Fields
Term
The OATS Compliance Report Card is a monthly status report on the number and percentage of:
OATS Late Submissions;
Out of Sequence Events;
Unmatched Execution Reports;
Unmatched Exchange Route Reports;
Unmatched Interfirm Route Reports;
Unmatched Interfirm Routes Received; and
Unrepaired Repairable Rejected Order Events.
Member firms are required to submit Reportable Order
Firms involved in mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers (which may include but is not limited to registered representatives and customer accounts) and other operational changes must attend to various regulatory and investor-protection obligations.
FINRA encourages firms, and in some cases requires them, to notify their FINRA coordinator when planning these changes. By discussing these proposals
FINRA is responsible for the Central Registration Depository (CRD®) program, which supports the licensing and registration filing requirements of the U.S. securities industry and its regulators. The CRD program covers the registration records of broker-dealer firms, branch offices and their associated individuals, including their qualification, employment and disclosure histories; it also directs the processing of form filings, fingerprint submissions, collection and disbursement of registration-related fees, qualification exams and continuing education sessions. The registration filing requirements of the CRD program are being integrated into the new FINRA Gateway system.
Guidance on Liquidity Risk Management Practices
Beginning August 3, 2020, members are required to begin to report transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities executed to hedge a List or Fixed Offering Price Transaction or a Takedown Transaction (as defined in FINRA Rule 6710) with an appropriate identifier. See additional information regarding this change in Regulatory Notice 19-30.
Testing
From Monday, June 1, 2020, through Friday,
As part of FINRA’s Digital Experience Transformation, FINRA will begin consolidating most compliance system-generated notifications that are sent to firms into one notification system.
System-generated notifications will begin coming in a new format from:
E-mail: [email protected]
IP
The penny stock rules under the Exchange Act require broker-dealers engaging in certain over the counter transactions in low-priced stocks to provide customers with specified information. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 30608 (April 20, 1992), 57 FR 18004 (April 28, 1992). The penny stock rules permit a broker-dealer to fulfill some of these disclosure obligations by relying on pricing
(a) FINRA may provide a means to permit alternative trading systems ("ATSs"), as such term is defined in Regulation ATS, and electronic communications networks ("ECNs"), as such term is defined in Rule 600(b)(23) of SEC Regulation NMS, to comply with the display requirements of Rule 301(b)(3) of SEC Regulation ATS and the terms of the ECN display alternative provided for in
An alternative trading system (ATS) is an SEC-regulated trading venue in which a computerized system matches buy and sell orders of securities. An ATS is not a national securities exchange, an ATS may apply to the SEC to become a national securities exchange. An ATS that registers as a broker-dealer must also comply with the obligations associated with being a registered broker-dealer, including FINRA membership and compliance with FINRA rules.
