As described in a December 2019 TRACE Technical Notice, beginning June 1, 2020, members were 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.
Due to current market conditions, and to allow members to adequately plan
The Manipulative Trading section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (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.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Recent changes to certain Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") requirements for the filing of public offerings have raised interpretive questions concerning the Association's filing requirements. In 1982, the SEC adopted new forms for registering securities, Forms S-l, S-2, and S-3, as well as new
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Intermarket Surveillance Group
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Blue Sheets
Executive Summary
This Notice to Members discusses new uniform provisions regarding the automated reporting requirement for Electronic Blue Sheets (EBS).
Effective August 8, 2001 all members were required to:
(1)
FINRA Requests Comment on Enhancements Under Consideration by the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education
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*These are suggested
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Members may now opt to use a new test, the Series 17 Limited Registered Representative Examination, to qualify some candidates as NASD General Securities Representatives. To be eligible, a candidate
GUIDANCE
Amendments Regarding Deadlines for Submission of Initial Annual Report under Rule 3012 and Execution of the Initial Annual Certification under Rule 3013 and IM-3013
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IM-3013 (Annual Compliance
and Supervision
SR-FINRA-2019-009 has been approved by the SEC. Effective May 8, 2019, this rule will no longer be applicable. Please consult the appropriate FINRA rule.
(a)
/01 Reserved.
/02 Information to be Disclosed
Statements of accounts to customers must clearly and prominently disclose on the front of the statement:
1. the identity of the introducing and
FINRA plans to update the TRACE for Treasuries FIX acknowledgement messages on Monday, July 10, 2023.
Currently, FIX Tag 60 (Transact Time) timestamps support up to microsecond precision (Format: YYYYMMDD-HH:MM:SS.sss.mmm); however FIX acknowledgement messages consist of only millisecond precision (Format: YYYYMMDD-HH:MM:SS.sss). The TRACE for Treasury Securities FIX Specification
