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Balancing Supervision in a Virtual Environment: Key Points of FINRA’s New Voluntary Remote Inspections Pilot Rule

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Securities regulators have long been concerned with the potential regulatory risks associated with geographically dispersed broker-dealer offices, citing the observation that the distance of these offices from compliance and...more

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FINRA Approves Remote Branch Inspection Pilot Program

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On January 23, 2024, FINRA announced the addition of new Supplementary Material .18 to FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision) to adopt a voluntary, three-year remote inspections pilot program (Pilot Program) to allow eligible members...more

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SEC Approves FINRA Supervisory Control Rules Expanding Remote Work Options for Broker-Dealers

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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) supervisory control rules require each securities broker-dealer that is a member of FINRA to categorize every location from which the business of the broker-dealer is...more

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FINRA Re-Proposes Work-From-Home Supervisory Locations

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Firms would be able to treat private residences as non-branch offices instead of OSJs under certain circumstances. FINRA hopes to align its supervisory rules with current work-from-home practices....more

McGuireWoods LLP

New Year, Old Problem: Broker-Dealers Should Evaluate Their Supervision of Personal Device Use

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Many companies that transitioned to a work-from-home environment in early 2020 may have reasonably anticipated a return to the normalcy of in-office operations by the end of the year. Yet as 2021 commences, remote work has...more

Bracewell LLP

Regulating Broker-Dealers at a (Social) Distance: FINRA Provides COVID-19 Business Continuity Planning Guidance and Regulatory...

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In just a short period of time, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a revolution in how we live our lives and do our jobs. These changes have extended to the regulation of the financial industry. While FINRA emphasizes that...more

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Significant Business Disruptions: Considerations for Broker-Dealers

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In light of the threats posed by natural disasters, pandemics and civil disorder, among other events, businesses of all types must formulate responses to address significant business disruptions (“SBDs”) and the safety of...more

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Broker-Dealer Beat - August 2019

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Remote Non-Branch Office Inspections: Facilitating Home Office Arrangements - Introduction - Financial services firms, like other businesses, must address employees' requests for more flexible work arrangements, including...more

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