Response to FINRA's News Release

Did you read FINRA’s news release on October 1, 2018, entitled “FINRA Announces Plan to Consolidate Examination and Risk Monitoring Programs”? (Read the full-text news release)

FINRA President and CEO Robert W. Cook said, “By directing our expertise and resources in a more tailored way, we will become more effective at examining for compliance.”

Bari Havlik, who is overseeing this new program said, “Implementing a unified program structure will help make us a more agile and risk-focused regulator.”

So what does this mean for you as a supervisor? 

This is a potentially massive shift in focus when it comes to FINRA exams and while it’s early, it appears that exams will now be more comprehensive with a wider area of focus than has been done in the past. Instead of focusing on only trading compliance or financial compliance, exams will likely be broader in nature. This new program is likely to zero-in on the supervision processes your firm has in place beyond the focused scope you’ve been used to.  
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This consolidation will force firms to dig a deeper into their WSPs and supervision processes including an examination of how they supervise the web.  

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