Firms with sufficient monies in their Flex-Funding accounts will have funds transferred to their Renewal Accounts to cover total renewal fees owed. Transfers will be conducted every day until Web … Continue reading Automatic Transfers to Renewal Accounts
The Securities Industry Institute® (SII) is the premier executive development program for financial services professionals. For more than 60 years, SIFMA and The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania … Continue reading SIFMA: Deadline to Register for Securities Industry Institute At Wharton
FINRA Rule 3270 prohibits any registered person from being an employee, independent contractor, sole proprietor, officer, director or partner of another person, or being compensated, or having the reasonable expectation … Continue reading Outside Business Activity Review (NASD Rule 3050)
The firm should complete the review of the outside brokerage accounts of all associated persons for the prior month.
Full payment of Preliminary Renewal Statements is due.
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All provisions of FINRA Rule 2241 ( Research Analysts and Research Reports) becomes effective.
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Web CRD and IARD are unavailable due to the holiday schedule and year-end processing.
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FINRA assesses an annual support fee to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB”). The fee is assessed on a quarterly basis and is based … Continue reading Quarterly GASB Accounting Support Fee
Automatic transfers: Firms with sufficient monies in their Flex-Funding Accounts will have funds transferred to their Renewal Accounts to cover total renewal fees owed. Transfers will b e conducted every … Continue reading Automatic Transfers
Deadline for Final Renewal Statement payments.
SEC Rule 17a-10 requires broker-dealers to file Schedule within 17 business days after calendar year-end. taft.law.uc.edu/CCL/34ActRls/rule17a-10.html
Firms are required to file Form Custody pursuant to SEC Rule 17a-5(a)(5).
SEC Rule 606 requires broker/dealers that route orders on behalf of customers to prepare quarterly reports that disclose the identity of the venues to which it routed orders for execution. … Continue reading Disclosure of Order Routing Practices (SEC Rule 606) (Q4 2015)
FINRA's Cybersecurity Conference provides a forum to learn the fundamentals and take a deeper dive into key areas of cybersecurity. Understand your organization's vulnerabilities, the range of potential threats and learn tips to identify them. Gain knowledge for how to protect your organization from cyber threats and how to respond and recover when attacked
FINRA has extended the implementation date of FINRA Rule 2242 (Debt Research Analysts and Debt Research Reports) from February 22, 2016, to April 22, 2016. See Regulatory Notice 15-31. FINRA … Continue reading FINRA Rule 2242: New Implementation Date
The Securities Industry Institute, SIFMA’s premier executive education program held in partnership with The Wharton School, is being offered March 6 – 11, 2016.
The program provides access to world-class faculty from Wharton and other leading universities and exposure from industry experts in the latest trends in the industry, prepares you for the uncertain shifts in the market, provides networking opportunities that enable you to build your network, business and perspective, and you will receive a SIFMA/Wharton Certificate upon graduation.
FINRA has revised the General Securities Sales Supervisor (Series 9/10) examination program.
The 2016 Foundations of Web CRD/IARD training is designed for those at broker-dealers or joint broker-dealer/investment adviser firms who are new to registration and licensing, new to Web CRD and IARD, or who want to receive a refresher and registration tips.
Registration is now open for the SIFMA 2016 Compliance & Legal Society Annual Seminar on March 13–16 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. Compliance and legal professionals participate in SIFMA's our interactive program with more than 65 dynamic panels and sessions that focus on the current regulatory and legal developments impacting the industry.
FINRA Rule 1250 requires all covered registered persons (any person registered with a member who has direct contact with customers in the conduct of the member's securities sales, trading and … Continue reading Review and Update Firm Element Continuing Education Plan
The Personnel Assessment and Gross Income Assessment (“GIA”) is designed to stabilize revenues used to support FINRA’s regulatory activities. The GIA is based on a member firm’s gross revenues and … Continue reading Personnel Assessment and Gross Income Assessment
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") issued Regulatory Notice 16-09, in which FINRA is seeking comments on proposed amendments to FINRA rules relating to the settlement cycle. FINRA proposes to adopt … Continue reading Comment Period Ends on Proposed FINRA Rules Amendments Related to Conversaion T+2 Settlement Cycle
Celebrating its 16th year, SIFMA's C&L Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference gathered more than 400 compliance and legal professionals from April 5-6 at the Marriott Marquis in New York … Continue reading SIFMA’s Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference
The FINRA Diversity Summit provides a forum for business leaders, diversity practitioners and human resource professionals in the financial services industry to explore a variety of corporate practices, strategies, and … Continue reading FINRA Diversity Summit
The SEC amendments to NASD Rule 2340 (Customer Account Statements) become effective on April 11, 2016. The amendments modify the requirements relating to the inclusion of per share estimated values for direct … Continue reading Effective Date: Amendments to FINRA Rule 2340 Regarding DPP and Unlisted REIT Securities
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp
District 1 San Francisco - District Compliance Meeting
FINRA District 4 has scheduled a District Compliance Event for FINRA members.
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Boot Camps
FINRA has extended the implementation date for FINRA Rule 2242 (Debt Research Analysts and Debt Research Reports) from February 22, 2016 to April 22, 2016.
Firms are required to file Form Custody pursuant to SEA Rule 17a-5(a)(5).
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camps
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Boot Camp
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Boot Camp
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Boot Camp
The firm should complete the review of the outside brokerage accounts of all associated persons for the prior month. http://finra.complinet.com/en/display/display_main.html?rbid=2403&element_id=3728
There are two ways to participate: in-person or online. In-person: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC 901 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 |Travel Disclaimer: FINRA suggests that you do not purchase … Continue reading 2016 FINRA Annual Conference
In accordance with SEC Rule 15c3-1, each broker/dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Act must have evidence of the computation of net capital monthly. That computation should be completed … Continue reading Net Capital Computation (Month ending 04/30/2016)
FINRA Rule 3270 prohibits any registered person from being an employee, independent contractor, sole proprietor, officer, director or partner of another person, or being compensated, or having the reasonable expectation … Continue reading Outside Business Activity Review (FINRA Rule 3270)
The SIS must be filed by a firm that is required to file FOCUS Report Part II, FOCUS Report Part IIA or FOGS Report Part I, with inventory positions as … Continue reading Supplemental Inventory Schedule (report period end date of 04-30-2016)
The SEC approved amendments to FINRA Rule 2210 (Communications with the Public) to require each of a member firm’s websites to include a readily apparent reference and hyperlink to BrokerCheck … Continue reading Websites Required to Include Hyperlink to BrokerCheck
SR-FINRA-2016-014 Rule change to amend the By-Laws of FINRA’s regulatory subsidiary, FINRA Regulation, Inc., to expand the size of the National Adjudicatory Council (“NAC”) to 15 members, with the number … Continue reading National Adjudicatory Council Changes
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that its Board of Governors has concluded the CEO search, and appointed Robert W. Cook as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective … Continue reading FINRA Announces CEO Transition
June 16, 2016 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. District Compliance Meeting Raleigh, NC Hilton North Raleigh Midtown 3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC 27609 FREE Register Topics Include: Regulatory Priorities … Continue reading FINRA District Compliance Meeting – Raleigh N.C.
The firm should complete the review of the outside brokerage accounts of all associated persons for the prior month. finra.complinet.com/en/display/display_main.html
The accounting details on your firm's Flex-Funding and Renewals accounts, which were previously only available in Web CRD, are now available in E-Bill along with enhanced capabilities for accessing that … Continue reading CRD Accounting Pages to be retired
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) reminds municipal advisors that MSRB Rule G-42 on duties of non-solicitor municipal advisors and related amendments to MSRB Rule G-8 on recordkeeping become effective on June 23, … Continue reading MSRB: June 23, 2016 Effective Date of New Rule G-42
On June 24, FINRA enhances the Request Manager system, part of the Information Requests tab in Firm Gateway, with a new file upload process. The new file uploader is optimized … Continue reading Firm Gateway Information Requests System Enhancement
On June 15, 2016 the SEC approved FINRA’s rule proposal to implement requirements for transactions in the To-Be-Announced (TBA) market and other Agency MBS mortgage markets. This one-hour complimentary webinar … Continue reading SIFMA Webinar: Securitization Spotlight – FINRA Rule 4210
The SIS must be filed by a firm that is required to file FOCUS Report Part II, FOCUS Report Part IIA or FOGS Report Part I, with inventory positions as … Continue reading Supplemental Inventory Schedule (report period end date of 05-31-2016)
Deloitte and SIFMA invite you to participate in a luncheon on June 28, 2016 at SIFMA’s Conference Center in New York City. The growing need to comply with regulatory requirements … Continue reading SIFMA’s Archiving, Surveillance, & Regulatory Data Management Luncheon
FINRA's 2016 Risk Control Assessment (RCA) survey launched earlier this month, when each firm's executive representative was sent an email linking to their firm's unique RCA survey. The RCA is … Continue reading FINRA 2016 Risk Control Assessment Due
What is keeping you up at night? CCOs can answer this easily: the threat of personal liability if our company fails to comply with regulations. As many NSCP members know, … Continue reading NSCP Webinar: Current Issues in CCO Liability
FINRA assesses an annual support fee to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB”). The fee is assessed on a quarterly basis and is based … Continue reading Quarterly GASB Accounting Support Fee
As of January 4, 2016, FINRA has offered all of the Regulatory Element Programs (S101, S106, S201 and S901) through the FINRA CE Online System. CE Online provides participants with … Continue reading Elimination of Continuing Education at Testing Centers
The SEC requests comment on FINRA's proposal to amend FINRA Rules 2210 (Communications with the Public), 2213 (Requirements for the Use of Bond Mutual Fund Volatility Ratings) and 2214 (Requirements … Continue reading SEC Requests Comments on Communications Rules
MSRB Webinar: Application of MSRB Rule G-37 on Political Contributions and Prohibitions on Municipal Advisory Business to Municipal Advisors, and Related Amendments to MSRB Rules G-8 and G-9. During this free … Continue reading MSRB Webinar: Application of MSRB Rule G-37 on Political Contributions and Prohibitions
SR-FINRA-2016-019 According to the Rule Filing Status Report , a change to adopt NASD Rule 2830 (Investment Company Securities) as FINRA Rule 2341 (Investment Company Securities) will be implemented as of July … Continue reading FINRA Rule 2341 to replace NASD Rule 2830
FINRA Half-Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings and … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp-Stamford, CT
FINRA District Compliance Meeting Designed for compliance and legal professionals at FINRA member firms, these events offer an opportunity to hear about current regulatory issues while engaging in a direct … Continue reading FINRA District Compliance Meeting – Buffalo, New York
Half-Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings and online … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – Chicago
FINRA District Compliance Meeting Designed for compliance and legal professionals at FINRA member firms, these events offer an opportunity to hear about current regulatory issues while engaging in a direct … Continue reading FINRA District Compliance Meeting – Dallas, Texas
The firm should complete the review of the outside brokerage accounts of all associated persons for the prior month. finra.complinet.com/en/display/display_main.html
SR-FINRA-2016-017 From the Rule Filing Status Report , a change to amend FINRA Rule 2242 (Debt Research Analysts and Debt Research Reports) will be to clarify the application of the rule in … Continue reading FINRA Rule 2242 Clarifications
In accordance with SEC Rule 17a-5(a)(2)(iii), each broker/dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Act who does not carry nor clear transactions nor carry customer accounts shall file Part … Continue reading Quarterly FOCUS and SSOI Filing (Quarter ending 06/30/2016)
Firms are required to file Form Custody pursuant to SEA Rule 17a-5(a)(5).
The SIS must be filed by a firm that is required to file FOCUS Report Part II, FOCUS Report
Part IIA or FOGS Report Part I, with inventory positions as of the end of the FOCUS or FOGS
reporting period, unless the firm has (1) a minimum dollar net capital or liquid capital
requirement of less than $100,000; or (2) inventory positions consisting only of money
market mutual funds.6 A firm with inventory positions consisting only of money market
mutual funds must affirmatively indicate through the eFOCUS system that no SIS filing is required for the reporting period.
FINRA Rule 4524 requires each member firm to file a Supplemental Statement of Income (“SSOI”) within 20 business days after the end of each calendar quarter via the FINRA Gateway. … Continue reading Quarterly SSOI Supplemental FOCUS Information (Quarter ending 06/30/2016)
MSRB Rule G-37 requires each broker, dealer or municipal securities dealer shall, by the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter send to the MSRB … Continue reading MSRB Rule G-37 Reporting Requirement
FINRA Rule 3270 prohibits any registered person from being an employee, independent contractor, sole proprietor, officer, director or partner of another person, or being compensated, or having the reasonable expectation … Continue reading Outside Business Activity Review (FINRA Rule 3270)
SEC Rule 17a-5(d) requires that FINRA member firms to file an Annual Audited Report electronically with FINRA through the firm Gateway and with the SEC (main office and regional office) … Continue reading Annual Audit Filing Due Date (Period Ending May 31, 2016)
Members of SIPC are required to pay an assessment of .0025 of SIPC Net Operating Revenue as defined by the SIPC By Laws Article VI. The SIPC 6 General Assessment … Continue reading SIPC Assessment (Year ending December 31, 2015) SIPC 6
Beginning August 1, 2016, firms that report information to OATS will be required to include on their reports the identity of U.S.-registered broker-dealers that are not FINRA members and broker-dealers … Continue reading SEC Approves OATS Amendments to Require Identification of Non-FINRA Member Broker-Dealers
Join SIFMA members at the C & L Society Regional Conference on August 4 hosted at the Charles Schwab Conference Center in San Francisco. This one day seminar will feature presentations by … Continue reading SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society Regional Seminar
The annual meeting of FINRA firms will take place on or about Monday, September 19, 2016, to elect one Small Firm Governor, and one Large Firm Governor to the FINRA … Continue reading Petition for Candidacy – FINRA Board of Governors
FINRA District 7 Compliance Meeting Designed for compliance and legal professionals at FINRA member firms, these events offer an opportunity to hear about current regulatory issues while engaging in a … Continue reading FINRA District Compliance Meeting – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
FINRA Half-Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings and … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – San Diego
FINRA Half Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp-New Jersey
Eugenia Song, MSRB Outreach Manager, will conduct a webinar on Putting EMMA to Work for You.
The firm should complete the review of the outside brokerage accounts of all associated persons for the prior month. http://finra.complinet.com/en/display/display_main.html?rbid=2403&element_id=3728
In accordance with SEC Rule 15c3-1, each broker/dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Act must have evidence of the computation of net capital monthly. That computation should be completed … Continue reading Net Capital Computation (Month ending 07/31/2016)
Half-Day FINRA Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings and … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp- Kansas City
The SIS must be filed by a firm that is required to file FOCUS Report Part II, FOCUS Report
Part IIA or FOGS Report Part I, with inventory positions as of the end of the FOCUS or FOGS
reporting period, unless the firm has (1) a minimum dollar net capital or liquid capital
requirement of less than $100,000; or (2) inventory positions consisting only of money
market mutual funds.6 A firm with inventory positions consisting only of money market
mutual funds must affirmatively indicate through the eFOCUS system that no SIS filing is required for the reporting period.
FINRA Rule 3270 prohibits any registered person from being an employee, independent contractor, sole proprietor, officer, director or partner of another person, or being compensated, or having the reasonable expectation … Continue reading Outside Business Activity Review (FINRA Rule 3270)
SEC Rule 17a-5(d) requires that FINRA member firms to file an Annual Audited Report electronically with FINRA through the firm Gateway and with the SEC (main office and regional office) … Continue reading Annual Audit Filing Due Date (Period Ending June 30, 2016)
FINRA’s Fixed Income Conference focuses on current market impacts on fixed income, and how regulators and firms are responding. Featured topics include: Evolving Bond Market Structure Key FINRA Regulatory Developments … Continue reading 2016 Fixed Income Conference
FINRA Half Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – Atlanta
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the content outline for the Municipal Advisor Representative Qualification Examination … Continue reading MSRB Revises Content for Municipal Advisor Qualification Examination
FINRA Half-Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – New York
FINRA Half Day Compliance Boot Camp Half-day Compliance Boot Camps focus on basic regulatory requirements and compliance responsibilities. Participants are required to complete approximately three hours of assigned pre-course readings … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – Minneapolis
Pamela Ellis, MSRB Associate General Counsel, and Richard Ellis, MSRB 529 Seminar & Conference Board Member, will speak in Orlando, FL.
Compliance Boot Camp FINRA's Compliance Boot Camps provide a broad view of essential compliance concepts. Through a combination of self-study and classroom training, participants gain valuable insights on compliance activities … Continue reading FINRA Compliance Boot Camp – San Antonio