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Commentary by Glen Barrentine

A firm settled with FINRA for charging unfair prices in corporate and municipal bond transactions and for failing to establish and maintain a supervisory system reasonably designed to achieve compliance with its fair pricing obligations.

FINRA fined a muni dealer for MSRB Rule violations including (i) failing to timely cancel or close out inter-dealer municipal securities transactions after settlement; (ii) failing "to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of 247 short positions resulting from failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions;" and (iii) related supervisory violations.

In an Investor Insight article, titled: "Understanding Settlement Cycles: What Does T+1 Mean for You?" FINRA advised retail customers who do not currently keep their cash and securities with their broker-dealer, to deliver assets required for settlement by the day following trade date.