Housekeeping, reminders and updates

INTRODUCING BROKERS An October 31, 2014, Notice to Members, Notice I-14-27, announced that all introducing brokers (“IBs”) financial reports are now required to be filed electronically, this includes the annual certified reports. This is a result of the National Futures Association’s (“NFA”) amendment to Section 5 of the NFA Manual. Section 5 outlines the financial requirements for Member IBs. The amendment to the financial requirements includes the annual certified FOCUS reports, submitted by IBs that are also broker-dealers, and is effective October 31, 2014, for reports filed through the WinJammer filing system and the NFA’s EasyFile system. The WinJammer system…

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