The Firm Short Positions and Fails-to-Receive in Municipal Securities and Fixed Income – Fair Pricing sections of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
FINRA views the protection of senior investors, as well as baby boomers who are retired or approaching retirement, as a top priority. Because a large number of American investors are approaching retirement and control a substantial portion of investment assets, FINRA encourages firms to review and, where warranted, enhance their policies, procedures and practices, in light of the special issues common to many senior investors. For example, a firm's procedures and controls should take into consideration the age and life stage (whether pre-retired, semi-retired or retired) of their customers. Of particular concern to FINRA is the suitability of recommendations to senior investors, communications targeting older investors, and potentially abusive or unscrupulous sales practices or fraudulent activities targeting senior investors.
I'd suggest not limiting access to these products, but rather increasing the education requirements and understanding of these products. The risks of the products should be spelled out plainly, not lost in some lengthy document that none of the investors are reading. In big bold letters and a concise one page document, all of the risks are summarized and distributed regularly to
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I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST
Ive already accepted the risk if using leveraged ETFs, please dont take away these options for how I invest my private money
Please do not take away my ability to use leveraged pro shares instruments. I use these occasionally in my overall investment strategy.
Do not take away my ability to use leveraged pro shares products. I do use this products from time to time in my overall investment strategy.
Ruling of the Committee:
Where securities are physically separate instruments, transferable independently of one another, and not subject to any legal or technical condition which requires that they be kept together, good practice requires that they be quoted and dealt in separately and not as units. Where, for some special reason, members enter into a contract calling for a group of securities
The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) lifted the ban on the trading of futures on single securities and on narrow-based security indices (security futures). Security futures are regulated both as securities and as future contracts, and must be traded on trading facilities and through intermediaries registered with both the SEC and CFTC.
Security futures involve a high
