Self-regulatory organization FINRA is considering changes to the way data (trade price and size) about block-sized trades of corporate bonds will be disseminated to the marketplace, and wants industry input for a proposed pilot program. The proposal is in response to market participants and the SEC, which have raised concerns over the current system of… Read More >>
FINRA Charges Interactive Brokers with Regulation SHO Violations
Electronic execution brokerage firm Interactive Brokers has been fined $5.5 million by FINRA, a self-regulatory organization (SRO), for allegedly violating the rules for short sale practices — covered by the SEC’s Regulation SHO —and for supervisory failures from July 2012 through June 2015. “Regulation SHO established ‘locate’ and ‘close-out’ standards that are primarily aimed at… Read More >>
