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FINRA Annual 2025: Modernizing rules and empowering compliance

Image of Greg Ruppert, Head of FINRA Member Supervision.
FINRA’s Greg Ruppert leads a session. Photo: Julie DiMauro

The 2025 FINRA annual conference kicked off with reminders of the SRO’s accomplishments and mission, but the tone was muted.

The need to update, streamline and focus – all while protecting investors and the US marketplace – was the emphasis as President and CEO Robert Cook opened the FINRA annual conference event in Washington, DC, detailing several new initiatives at the self-regulatory organization (SRO).

FINRA Forward

Cook described the FINRA Forward

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