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Becoming a Registered Broker Dealer
When a firm makes the decision to become a registered broker dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the feelings that follow can be quite overwhelming. Unless one has much experience in the FINRA world, it can be a scary step and possibly intimidating. The mission of FINRA is [...]
Customer Identification Program “CIP”
Broker Dealers are faced with a number of demanding rules and regulations in the financial industry today.
Annual Audit Season
When a broker dealer hears the words “annual audit season”, it can feel like the initial effects of hay fever or pollen season hitting you smack in the face. It is not fun. You may break out in sweats, have night terrors, or worse yet, not have a great understanding [...]
Cyber Security – Is the “Blind leading the Blind?”
As consultants, we can’t emphasize enough the importance of having a proactive cyber security program that is specifically tailored to protect disruption of critical systems as well as protection of sensitive data for both the firm and its customers.
Financial Reporting for Broker Dealers
Financial Reporting for Broker Dealers. When you decide to enter the highly regulated broker dealer world, you must arrange to have the properly licensed people registered with your firm. One of those is a FINOP (Financial and Operations Principal). FINOP’s have either a Series 27 license or a Series 28 [...]
FINRA OFAC Search Tool Retiring
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) provides an OFAC search tool that many industry member firm’s use as part of their onboarding process for risk-based background reviews. As of January 3, 2023, FINRA’s OFAC search tool will be retired. We recommend that you notify all staff that normally do OFAC checks [...]