I support this effort to improve the accuracy, requirements, and meaning behind the short interest metric. A more expansive reporting requirement that captures synthetic short positions would allow FINRA to be better able to understand market participants’ short sale-related activity. As synthetic short positions provide equivalent exposure, information on them may also provide investors and
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved proposals by each of the five registered national options exchanges and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the SROs) that provide member firms with more flexibility in how they store account statements and other information for
Finra should absolutely adopt all of the above changes. Any regulation that can be added for transparency in a free market should be added. All of this information should be reported daily and available to everyone to install confidence in a free market system. Above and beyond this, accountability for failure to comply should come with harsher penalties then small fines that can be incurred as a
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, FINRA’s Market Transparency Reporting Systems will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025. Affected applications include:Alternative Display Facility (ADF)Over-the-Counter Reporting Facility (ORF)Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)FINRA/Exchange Trade Reporting Facilities (TRFs)As stated in the data feed interface
While requiring disclosure of additional information regarding complex financial products seems good in principle, it seems quite possible that this will be yet another textual agreement that almost nobody reads and most people click through. Figuring out who needs the information provided and how to present it in a way that they will understand it seems important.
However, requiring testing to
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The SEC has approved amendments to Article III, Sections 2 and 21 (c) of the Rules of Fair Practice ("Rules") to require NASD members to make reasonable efforts to obtain additional information
INFORMATIONAL
Margin Disclosure and Day-Trading Risk Disclosure Statements
Effective Date: July 1, 2002
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Decimalization
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Decimalization
Executive Summary
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) and the exchanges recently submitted a decimalization plan to the Securities and
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In response to questions by members, issuers, and the legal community, the NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to
The annual meeting of FINRA firms will take place on or about August 18, 2025, to elect one Large Firm Governor and one Small Firm Governor to the FINRA Board of Governors (FINRA Board). A formal notice of the meeting, including the precise date, time and location, will be mailed to executive representatives on or about July 18, 2025.
