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Supervision of Vendors When Outsourcing - The Buck Stops with FINRA Member Firms

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Key Takeaways: ..On August 13, 2021, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 21-29 (“RN 21-29”) to remind member firms that they must establish and maintain an adequate supervisory system, including written supervisory procedures...more

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Financial Services Employers Face Significant Increase In Cybersecurity Threats

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Employers in the financial services sector are facing an unprecedented number of cybersecurity attacks during the pandemic crisis. To put this in perspective, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Organizations Doing Business in China Warned of Malware in Tax Software - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint...more

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FINRA Warns of Fake FINNRA

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has issued a special alert to its member firms, alerting them to an imposter website: www.finnra.org (containing an extra “n”)....more

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Cyber Still Atop Exam Priorities

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FINRA held its bi-annual Cybersecurity Conference in January and recently published five take-away real-world experiences from the conference...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Financial Firms Beware: Dangers Lurk in the Cloud

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US regulators are calling attention to financial firms’ obligations to protect against evolving cybersecurity threats. On October 2, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued an information notice to...more

McGuireWoods LLP

FINRA’s 2018 Report on Cybersecurity Practices – Insider Threats If Your Program Only Focuses on External Threats, You are Only...

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On December 20, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a report on cybersecurity practices for broker-dealers. Today’s post is the third in a series of summaries sharing essential, timely insight...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume II, June 2018

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New York Pushes Mutual Fund Active Share Disclosure - New York’s Attorney General issued a report on its recent investigation of fees charged by actively managed equity mutual funds and a metric known as “Active Share.”...more

Morgan Lewis

2016 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

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Executive Summary - The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement developments and...more

Carlton Fields

Cybersecurity Still Top FINRA Operational Risk

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On January 4, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published its annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter providing firms with information about areas FINRA plans to review in 2017 as well as...more

Carlton Fields

FINRA Focus on Cybersecurity Continues

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On November 14, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) imposed a $650,000 fine against Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation (Lincoln Financial) for its failure to implement adequate data security measures to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FINRA fines Raymond James $500,000

Financial services firm Raymond James Financial Services Inc. (Raymond James) has agreed to settle an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for $500,000. The investigation stems from allegations...more

BakerHostetler

Data Security in the Financial Industry: Five Key Developments to Keep An Eye on in 2016

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According to a 2015 report on threats to the financial services sector, 41% of financial services organizations polled had experienced a data breach or failed a compliance audit in the previous year, and 57% listed preventing...more

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FINRA’s Cancelled CARDS

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A little over one year ago, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced a proposal to increase substantially its collection of brokerage data. That proposal, named the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Following the Wisdom of the Crowd? A Look at the SEC’s Final Crowdfunding Rules

In this alert, we provide a detailed overview of the final rules, Regulation Crowdfunding, which will be applicable to crowdfunding offerings conducted in reliance on Section 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update - October 2015

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Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. Schwab...more

Morgan Lewis

Proactive Approach To Cybersecurity: Recent SEC guidance and enforcement actions suggest that reactive firms may be in the SEC’s...

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In an environment where even the largest and most powerful corporations have fallen victim to data breaches, it can be challenging to fathom how to protect against the sophisticated and ever-evolving threat of cyber attacks....more

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Financial Services Weekly News - October 2015

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Regulatory Developments - FINRA Files Proposed Rule Change to Apply Markup Rule to Government Securities: On Sept. 30 FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed rule change, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 6, to...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Cybersecurity, Round 2: OCIE Announces Areas of Focus for Cybersecurity Examinations

On September 15, 2015, OCIE issued a risk alert relating to its new cybersecurity examination initiative. This is the second round of these examinations, and the alert provides a detailed look at OCIE’s current areas of...more

Morgan Lewis

National Futures Association Proposes Cybersecurity Guidance for NFA Member Firms

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NFA links NFA’s supervisory requirements with its proposed requirements mandating that NFA Members have information systems security programs. The National Futures Association (NFA) has proposed cybersecurity...more

BakerHostetler

Lost, Unencrypted Laptop Leads FINRA to Fine a Broker-Dealer $225,000 for Violating Reg S-P

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With the recent focus by the SEC and FINRA on cybersecurity for broker-dealers and investment advisers as a backdrop, FINRA recently brought and settled an enforcement action under SEC Regulation S-P against broker-dealer...more

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