BROKER-DEALER -

FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice on GASB Accounting Support Fee -

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it will collect a total of $8,309,000 in 2017 from its member firms as part of the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Accounting Support Fee. FINRA will collect $2,077,250 each calendar quarter beginning in April 2017 from its member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s fee assessment is based on that firm’s portion of the total par value of municipal securities transactions reported by all FINRA member firms to the MSRB in the previous quarter.