On July 12, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change (Rule Change) to amend FINRA Rule 7470, which provides certain member firms with an exemption from certain order recording and data transmission requirements. The Rule Change extends for three years FINRA’s ability to exempt certain member firms from the recording and reporting requirements of the Order Audit Trail System Rules for manual orders received by such members. The Rule Change is intended to extend the exemption period such that it more closely syncs with the December 2021 deadline for all broker-dealers that are FINRA members or members of a national securities exchange to report order information to the Consolidated Audit Trail.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, the Rule Change was effective upon filing.

The text of the Rule Change is available here.