On January 28, 2025, FINRA published its Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report). The Report highlights emerging risk areas and recent developments, common compliance deficiencies, and best practices for member firms....more
2/19/2025
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On November 21, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February 2024. Those rules had defined language in the definitions of...more
12/16/2024
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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released four sweeping rulemaking proposals that would change market structure as we currently know it and introduce a new federal standard...more
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges - FTX Trading Ltd. - and many of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. While the full impact of the FTX bankruptcy is not yet clear, various responses from...more
12/1/2022
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On July 27, 2022, the SEC charged three broker dealers for violations of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule (also known as “Regulation S-ID”), with penalties ranging from $425,000 to $1,200,000. The regulation requires that...more
In April 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and nearly all of the national securities exchanges announced they had formed a Cross-Market Regulation Working Group (CMRWG) to share information and reduce...more