FINRA issued $85.5 million in fines in 2023 , and the Board determined that there were $97.8 million in fines-eligible expenditures in 2023 (i.e., capital initiatives, strategic expenditures and other activities eligible to be funded by fine monies based on the criteria set forth above). Because the total of fines-eligible expenditures exceeded the amount of fines issued in 2023, the balance of $12.3 million was funded from FINRA’s reserves and excess operating results.
FINRA may, upon notice, terminate access to the trade reporting service of the System as to a Participant in the event that a Participant fails to abide by any of the rules or operating procedures of the trade reporting service of the System or FINRA, or fails to honor contractual agreements entered into with FINRA or its subsidiaries, or fails to pay promptly for services rendered by the trade
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May 17, 2006
Dear NASD Member:
As you know, there have been numerous events that have greatly impacted the industry in recent years. These events have resulted in new and amended regulations implemented by Congress, the SEC, or NASD for which we must examine. Since NASD conducts routine examinations of firms on one, two, and four year
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TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
ATTN: REGISTRATION, TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE PERSONNEL AND BRANCH OFFICE MANAGERS
The recently enacted Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the "Act") will impact the subject matter of the qualification examinations administered by the NASD. Existing test items affected by these changes will be modified to reflect the new provisions of the Act on
This is a reminder that beginning Monday, February 3, 2020, FINRA will no longer support the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The-Counter (ORF) products via the CTCI protocol.
Any client, including Service Bureaus, that currently utilizes CTCI and wishes to continue to deliver electronic transactions (i.e. not via TRAQS) must migrate to the FIX protocol by Monday,
NASD has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 3011 and adopt new related interpretive material ("IM"), specifically IM-3011-1 and IM-3011-2. Proposed amendments to Rule 3011 would require each member to conduct the independent test of its anti-money laundering program on an
As previously announced, on Monday, January 22, 2018, FINRA will implement changes to the TRACE for Treasuries (U.S. Treasuries) trade reporting retention period to increase the transactions retention period to T-2. Starting January 22, firms will be able to perform TRACE for Treasuries trade cancellations and corrections on transactions during the T-2 retention period.
FINRA will make the U.S.
FINRA may, upon notice, terminate access to the trade reporting service of the System as to a Participant in the event that a Participant fails to abide by any of the rules or operating procedures of the trade reporting service of the System or FINRA, or fails to honor contractual agreements entered into with FINRA or FINRA Regulation, or fails to pay promptly for services rendered by the trade
For decades, Americans of all incomes have looked to the investment markets as an opportunity to build wealth and achieve goals such as putting their kids through college and retiring among other things. Over the years those opportunities have continued to increase with increasing levels of innovative offerings from simple stocks and bonds to mutual funds, ETF’s, IPO’s, dividends,
