FINRA 21-19 is long overdue. Outdated short interest reporting policy has resulted in systemic risk to the integrity of US markets. While many of the policies mentioned in regulatory notice 21-19 generals address exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also have significant loop holes that would defeat the entire purpose of 21-19. It is critical for the restoration of stability in both the US
Make them report their short interest and any changes in that short interest!
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify FINRA large and small member firms of contested elections for a large firm seat and a small firm seat on the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) and the distribution of ballots.
Good day, There is brazen and blatant market manipulation being done by big investors to drive down prices of securities such as AMC and GME, including practices such as naked shorting, ladder attacks, the spreading of misinformation through media outlets, etc. As to the short interest, what is reported is not accurate, as much of what takes place is on "dark pools" and is made of of
We just want a fair market. Short sellers have been doing illegal practices and the SEC just sits around and does nothing. These big hedge funds manipulation the market daily to make billions on short selling. No one should be allowed to short sell a company to bankruptcy. All retail investor want is a fair market and for the SEC to enforce the rules and stop laying over for big banks,hedge funds
On January 31, 2022, FINRA introduced the Participant Data Management System (“PDM”) which firms now use to manage access to the FINRA trade reporting facilities, including TRACE, ORF and ADF. PDM also allows firms to add, view, and modify users of the TRAQS web interface. FINRA has published several notices to remind firms to use PDM to review their TRAQS users. As a final reminder, firms are
FINRA’s National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection (NCFC) Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) has noted a recent alert issued by Microsoft on May 30, 2022.
The Microsoft alert describes a remote code execution vulnerability, named “Follina” by security analysts, related to the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) that can be used by a threat actor to run malicious code. As a result, a threat
Please note: The following information is intended to provide a general overview of the permitted activities of various registration categories, but it is not an exhaustive list. Please refer to Regulatory Notice 17-30, FINRA Rule 1220 and, regarding retired exam categories, NASD Rule 1032 for further details.
Series 6 - Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Limited Representative
ALL shorts positions must be made public to curb illegal abusive naked short selling. This proposal doesn't go far enough to prevent this practice; for the majority of financial institutions, fines are merely the cost of doing business and well-worth it. Illegal naked shorting is rampant, widespread, and well-known to the public despite FINRA's continued inaction. Do better. I say this
Private short positions should not be allowed. All short positions should be disclosed to the public
