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Regulators

FINRA 2019 Annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter

January 22, 2019

by Howard Haykin

 

FINRA just published its highly anticipated (Annual Risk Monitoring and) Examination Priorities Letter that highlights issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs. A Cover Letter from FINRA CEO Robert Cook accompanies the Priorities Letter.

 

  • Highlighted Items
    • Online Distribution Platforms
    • Fixed Income Mark-Up Disclosure
    • Regulatory Technology

 

  • Sales Practice Risks
    • Suitability
    • Senior Investors
    • Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions

 

  • Operational Risks
    • Supervision of Digital Assets Business
    • Customer Due Diligence and Suspicious Activity Reviews

 

  • Market Risks
    • Best Execution
    • Market Manipulation
    • Market Access
    • Short Sales
    • Short Tenders

 

  • Financial Risks
    • Credit Risk
    • Funding and Liquidity