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In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from July 2025. In July 2025: As part of its FINRA Forward program, FINRA CEO Robert Cook announced a new...more
On July 16, TradeStation Securities, Inc., a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (AWC) to FINRA’s Department of Enforcement. This AWC...more
Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
On January 28, 2025, FINRA published its 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”) as “an up-to-date, evolving resource or library of information for firms” that highlights specific industry trends, new...more
On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Examinations published its examination priorities for fiscal year 2025.1 In this alert, we offer ten observations for broker-dealers. Our observations...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
On August 14, 2024, FINRA published an update (the “Update”) on its ongoing efforts to engage with its members related to crypto asset activities. The Update describes “crypto assets” as assets that are issued or transferred...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
Introduction - On 6 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt two new rules that significantly expand the definitions of a “dealer” and “government securities dealer” in Sections...more
High-frequency traders, private funds, decentralized exchange automated market makers, and even state pension plans should consider whether the expanded dealer definition triggers the need to register as a securities dealer...more
In recent guidance, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published the results of its targeted examination or “sweep” of crypto assets retail communications distributed or issued by its member firms, finding...more
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently identified the “initial themes” observed in a targeted examination of retail communications by member firms with respect to crypto assets. The headline grabbing statistic:...more
In January 2024, FINRA provided an update on its targeted examination of firms’ crypto asset communications. FINRA launched this targeted examination series in November 2022 to “review the practices of certain member firms...more
In November 2022, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) launched a targeted crypto asset sweep, reviewing more than 500 retail communications related to crypto assets from member firms....more
On January 23, FINRA published a report which found 70 percent of broker-dealer communications with retail customers showed potential violations of crypto-asset communications as part of a targeted exam. The potential...more
In January 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) reported a staggering rate of potentially inaccurate and misleading information in broker-dealer crypto asset communications. The Regulator revealed that...more
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. We dedicate...more
On January 9, 2024, FINRA published its 2024 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the “Report”). FINRA publishes the Report as a way to provide its broker-dealer members with insight into findings from FINRA’s Member...more
On January 23, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) published an update to the targeted exam it launched in November 2022, which was designed to review – for compliance with FINRA Rule 2210 – the...more
On January 9, FINRA released a report on regulatory oversight titled “2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report.” The report integrates FINRA’s regulatory operations programs as a source of information for firms to...more
FINRA issued its 2024 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report on January 9, 2024, providing a glimpse into FINRA’s current regulatory oversight of member firms and their registered personnel in 27 topic areas....more
On January 9, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published its 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report. Previously titled Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program, the Report is released...more
New Topics and Content Highlight FINRA’s Increased Focus on Cybersecurity, Crypto Assets, Artificial Intelligence, Market Integrity, Off-Channel Communications and Other Key Risk Areas - On January 9, 2024, the Financial...more