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FINRA releases 2024 Industry Snapshot as enforcement decline prompts criticism

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2023: Slightly more representatives and much fewer enforcement actions.

FINRA released its 2024 Industry Snapshot, which provides metrics on its member brokerage firms’ activities, revenues and headcounts from the previous year. This year’s Industry Snapshot demonstrates a continuation of trends observed last year.

Some key takeaways from 2023

  • The total number of registered firms continued to decline, following a five-year