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.
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(a) In accordance with Rule 1004 of SEC Regulation SCI, FINRA will designate members that will be required to participate in FINRA's periodic, scheduled testing of its business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan. FINRA will do so according to established criteria that are designed to ensure participation by those members that FINRA reasonably determines are, taken as a whole,
Beginning on February 26, 2024, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE for Treasuries (TS) product to a new Linux-based operating system. This project does not require client changes to be made.
Expungement, as an extraordinary remedy, should be recommended only in circumstances in accordance with FINRA rules to remove clearly inaccurate customer dispute information from the record of an individual broker that is associated with a broker-dealer firm.
FINRA Updates Designation Criteria to Require Firms Reporting U.S. Treasury Securities to TRACE to Participate in FINRA’s Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Testing
A member inter-dealer quotation system (whether or not also an alternative trading system or “ATS” as defined by Rule 300(a) of SEC Regulation ATS) that permits quotation updates on a real-time basis in OTC Equity Securities must comply with the following requirements:
(a) The member inter-dealer quotation system must establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures
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