On Tuesday February 11, 2020, and Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) will be unavailable for clients who test using the CTCI-MQ.protocol. This affects FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) and the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF).
FIX and CTCI-TCP/IP protocols in the NTF region as well as all production systems are unaffected by this
<p>Applicability of NASD Rules to registered representatives of subsidiary bank of member broker/dealer.<br/></p>
NASD® has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of NASD rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
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The purpose of this Special Notice to Members is to announce the
nominees for the District Committees and the District Nominating
Committees.1 The individuals identified in this
FINRA currently supports three methods for the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The -Counter Reporting (ORF) products – FIX, Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) and TRAQS.
Any client, including Service Bureaus, that currently utilizes CTCI and wishes to continue to deliver electronic transactions (i.e., not via TRAQS) needs to migrate to the FIX protocol by Monday, February 3,
FINRA currently supports three methods for the reporting of transactions to its TRACE and Over-The -Counter Reporting (ORF) products – FIX, Computer-to-Computer Interface (CTCI) and TRAQS. As announced in August 2018, beginning in early first quarter 2020, FINRA will no longer support the CTCI protocol (CTCI/TCP; CTCI/MQ) for both TRACE and ORF transaction reporting. Any client, including Service
In observance of Christmas, the ORF System will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. In observance of New Year's Day, the ORF System will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
On December 1, 2009, the SEC approved FINRA's proposed rule change to adopt a new set of rules governing clearly erroneous transactions in the consolidated rulebook.
Options are complex instruments that can play a number of different roles within an investment portfolio, but buying and selling options can be risky, and trading the products requires specific approval from an investor’s brokerage firm. Equity options are derivative contracts that give the purchaser the right, and the seller the obligation, to buy or sell, a security at a fixed price within a specific period of time.
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
