Broker Regulator FINRA Dials Back DEI, Racial Justice Promotion

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has quietly scrubbed its website of pages promoting the broker regulator’s racial justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts amid a conservative backlash against DEI programs.

A FINRA web page titled, “Working to Advance Racial Justice,” disappeared this month, according to a Bloomberg Law review of the nonprofit organization’s website. A “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)” page vanished sometime after an internet archiving tool last spotted it in July.

Both now redirect to an “Inclusive Workplace” page, describing FINRA’s commitment “to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace” within its own offices. Direct references to “racial ...