The Reg BI and Form CRS topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
FINRA encourages comments on this paper, including areas where FINRA may:offer guidance or modifications to its rules to address the adoption of quantum computing;foster greater crypto agility within firms to prepare for post-quantum cryptography; andseek to prepare for a quantum future while maintaining investor protection and market integrity.FINRA also seeks input from financial industry
(a) Each member shall designate and specifically identify to FINRA one or more principals who shall establish, maintain, and enforce a system of supervisory control policies and procedures that:
(1) test and verify that the member's supervisory procedures are reasonably designed with respect to the activities of the member and its associated persons, to achieve compliance with
Saving for retirement is arguably the single most important financial endeavor most of us undertake. It takes initiative, planning and consistent saving and investing to create a nest egg to cover a retirement that could stretch two or more decades. No matter where you work or how much you earn, it’s important to start saving as early as possible to take maximum advantage of compounding, which
Please be advised NASD will be making a system modification to the TRACE System to support processing of reports from transactions with Execution Dates that occurred more than a year prior to the date the report is made. Currently, the TRACE System can only process submitted and corrected trade reports executed between T-day (current day) and T+365 days (trade reports and corrections of T+1…365
Module 1: Stocks and Stock Options is intended primarily for futures professionals as an introduction to securities and securities law concepts. FINRA will not require broker/dealers to administer the content of Module 1 to securities registrants. Firms should decide on their own whether their employees would benefit from the basic securities overview.
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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