Patricia Casimates

Patricia Casimates is the vice president of Market Operations for FINRA Transparency Services in Washington, D.C. Her responsibilities include FINRA's TRACE, Alternative Display Facility (ADF) and the OTC trade reporting facility. In addition, she also manages OTC corporate action and dividend announcements. Previously, Ms. Casimates was a deputy director in FINRA's Market Regulation De-         partment, overseeing surveillance for trade reporting, order handling, best execution and FIPS (Fixed Income Pricing System) as well as the real-time surveillance area, handling backing-away complaints as well as locked/crossed market issues. Additionally, she worked in FINRA's Enforcement Department. Ms. Casimates received her B.B.A. in finance from Adelphi University and her M.B.A. in finance from Loyola College.