Supervising Vendors

Supervising Vendors

FINRA recently released Regulatory Notice 21-29 regarding a broker-dealer’s obligation to supervise certain activities and functions of third-party vendors. This is nothing new, but we are seeing a big increase in utilizing outsourced vendors, including CRMs, Electronic Storage, Work Flow software, and IT vendors. Although the following is based on FINRA guidance for BDs, RIAs have similar responsibilities for supervising vendors, so we hope that RIA firms will glean some valuable information from this guidance as well. The level of supervision can vary depending on the vendor, access, and the critical nature of their service. Firms are encouraged to pull Read more about Supervising Vendors[…]