FINRA is conducting a retrospective review of the membership application rules to assess their effectiveness and efficiency. This Notice outlines the general retrospective rule review process and seeks responses to several questions related to firms’ experiences with these specific rules. The comment period expires May 14, 2015.
Regulatory Notice 15-06 stated that FINRA is soliciting comment on a proposal to require registration as a Securities Trader of associated persons primarily responsible for the design, development or significant modification of algorithmic trading strategies, or who are responsible for supervising or directing such activities. The comment period expires May 18, 2015.
Summary: On March 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Rule 15b9-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA or Exchange Act), which currently provides many proprietary trading firms with an exemption from membership in a national securities association. If adopted, the amendments generally would require a proprietary trading firm … Continue reading FINRA Comment Period Ends on Proposed Exemption to the Trading Activity Fee for Proprietary Trading Firms
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) is requesting comment on a proposal to modify the application of the standard of independence for the one public member of its Board of Directors designated to be representative of institutional or retail investors in municipal securities. Comments should be submitted to the MSRB no later than July 13, 2015. … Continue reading Comment Period Ends for MSRB Requests on Alternative Standard of Independence for Investor Representative on its Board
The SEC requests comment on a proposal to adopt FINRA Rule 3210 (Accounts At Other Broker-Dealers and Financial Institutions) into the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook and to delete NASD Rule 3050, Incorporated NYSE Rules 407 and 407A and Incorporated NYSE Rule Interpretations 407/01 and 407/02. The proposed rule addresses accounts opened or established by associated persons … Continue reading Comment Period Ends: FINRA Rule 3210 replacing NASD 3050
The SEC has requests comment on a proposal to amend FINRA Rule 8312 (FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure) to reduce the 15-day waiting period for the release of information reported on Form U5 (Uniform Termination Notice for Securities Industry Registration) through BrokerCheck. The comment period expires October 22, 2015.
The SEC requested comments on a proposal to amend FINRA Rule 0150 (Application of Rules to Exempted Securities Except Municipal Securities) so that FINRA Rule 2121 (Fair Prices and Commissions) and its Supplementary Material .01 and .02, which govern mark-ups and commissions, will apply to transactions in, and business activities relating to, exempted securities that are government securities. The comment period expires October 27, 2015.
The SEC comment period ends November 3, 2015 on FINRA's proposal to merge its dispute resolution subsidiaries, FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc. into and with its regulatory subsidiary, FINRA Regulation, Inc. FINRA's existing dispute resolution program would continue to operate as a separate department within FINRA Regulation, and would be referred to as the Office of Dispute Resolution.
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 necessary rule changes in a manner and timeline that is consistent with the SEC and other self-regulatory organizations SROs in an effort to provide the … Continue reading Comment Period Ends on Proposed FINRA Rules Amendments Related to Conversaion T+2 Settlement Cycle
The SEC requests comment on FINRA's proposal to amend FINRA Rules 12402 and 12403 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes and FINRA Rule 13403 of the Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes to provide that the Director of FINRA's Office of Dispute Resolution will send the list or lists generated by … Continue reading SEC Code of Arbitration Comment Period
The SEC requests comment on FINRA's proposal to amend FINRA Rule 7730 (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)) to reduce the delay period applicable to the Historic Corporate Bond Data Set, the Historic Agency Data Set, and Rule 144A transactions in corresponding securities from 18 months to six months. The comment period expires June 12, … Continue reading SEC Comment Period for FINRA Rule 7730
FINRA seeks comment on proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 5110 (Corporate Financing Rule – Underwriting Terms and Arrangements) to make substantive, organizational and terminology changes to the rule. The proposal is intended to modernize Rule 5110 and to simplify and clarify its provisions. The proposal would retain the primary principle of the rule that no … Continue reading FINRA Rule 5110 Comment Period Deadline
) FINRA seeks comment on proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 2241 (Research Analysts and Research Reports) and FINRA Rule 2242 (Debt Research Analysts and Debt Research Reports) to create a limited safe harbor for specified brief, written analysis distributed to eligible institutional investors that comes from sales and trading or principal trading personnel but that … Continue reading FINRA Rule 2241 & 2242 Comment Period Deadline
In response to requests for an extension, FINRA has extended the comment period for Regulatory Notices 17-14, 17-15 and 17-16 to July 14, 2017. In addition, FINRA updated Attachments A and B related to Regulatory Notice 17-15 to make a technical correction to subsection (g) of the rule text.
Comments are due March 8, 2018, on FINRA proposed amendments to FINRA Rule 4521 (Notifications, Questionnaires and Reports) that would require specified member firms to notify FINRA no more than 48 hours after specified events that may signal an adverse change in liquidity risk. FINRA also seeks comment on a proposed new Supplemental Liquidity Schedule … Continue reading FINRA Requests Comments: Rule 4521 ( Notifications, Questionnaires, and Reports)
FINRA is requesting comment on proposed amendments to its Membership Application Program (MAP) rules to create further incentives for the timely payment of arbitration awards by preventing an individual from switching firms, or a firm from using asset transfers or similar transactions, to avoid payment of arbitration awards while staying in business. The amendments would … Continue reading FINRA Requests Comments: Membership Application Program
The SEC (Commission) is proposing an amendment to the exemption provisions in the broker-dealer annual reporting rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). The amendment would provide that a broker-dealer is not required to engage an independent public accountant to certify the broker-dealer’s annual reports if, among other things, the securities business … Continue reading SEC Request for Comments: Amendment to Single Issuer Exemption for Broker-Dealers
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is proposing amendments to rules for nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ("NRSROs") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). The amendments would provide an exemption from a rule for NRSROs with respect to credit ratings if the issuer of the security or money market instrument referred to … Continue reading SEC Request for Comments: Amendments to Rules for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations
FINRA requests comment on a proposal to expand the summary firm data relating to over-the-counter (OTC) equity trading that FINRA publishes on its website by (1) publishing on a one-month delayed basis new monthly aggregate block-size trading data for OTC trades in NMS stocks executed outside an alternative trading system (ATS); (2) publishing aggregate non-ATS … Continue reading FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposal to Expand OTC Equity Trading Volume Data Published on FINRA’s Website
The SEC is proposing amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered, and issuers’ affiliates whose securities collateralize securities registered or being registered in Regulation S-X to improve those requirements for both investors and registrants. The proposed changes are intended to provide investors with material information given … Continue reading SEC Requests Comments: Financial Disclosures about Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities and Affiliates Whose Securities Collateralize a Registrant’s Securities
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) is seeking comments on MSRB Rule G-23, on activities of financial advisors, in connection with its ongoing retrospective review of MSRB rules and guidance. This request for comment is intended to elicit input on whether Rule G-23’s requirements on brokers, dealers and municipal securities dealers (together, “dealers”) acting in a financial advisor capacity to issuers … Continue reading Comments Due on MSRB Rule G-23 on Activities of Dealers Acting as Financial Advisors