By Robert Cook, President and CEO, and Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision, FINRA. From 2021 to 2024, the SEC brought enforcement actions against numerous FINRA member firms for recordkeeping violations involving off-channel communications (OCCs) and settled them on substantially similar terms. In January 2025, the SEC brought additional OCC-related actions against other member firms but settled these on significantly less burdensome terms. A group of firms settling before 2025 petitioned the SEC to modify their settlements to align with the January firm settlements. The SEC recently denied this petition.
FINRA has implemented Form BR (Uniform Branch Office Registration Form) functionality enhancements for initial Form BR submissions that allow firms to de-select FINRA when establishing a new location designated as an RSL that needs to be registered or notice filed with a jurisdiction, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), or both, as a branch office. Further information on these functionality enhancements and how firms should complete an initial Form BR is available in the Frequently Asked Questions about Residential Supervisory Locations (RSLs).
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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently advised the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) that a potentially large number of cancelled registered corporate bond
I strongly disagree with the notion that more "guardrails" are needed for retail investors dealing in so-called "complex products." While some products are truly complex and require an investment of time for an investor to fully understand their risks and rewards, other products you name--particularly options--are not truly complex or difficult to understand with a modicum of
You not regulators should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for you and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.
It is very important that you express your views in your own
wordsyour comments are more likely to be taken seriously
by FINRA if they reflect your own experience and perspective.
Not only do
I should not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged!!!!
What I am talking about is a list of investments that may be at risk, such as ;
Target Date Funds
Non-Traditional Index Funds (Smart Beta + ESG)
Emerging Market Funds
High Yield Bond
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I not regulators should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for you and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.
Not only do I have the right to share your views,
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I am extremely disappointed to hear about yet another regulation to come from this already overreaching authority. I am an individual investor and these leveraged products have played an important role in my portfolio for over a decade. I have used them to both limit my risk and to enhance returns. As an example, I wanted exposure to the S&P 500 but also wanted to hedge a portion of
As an investor in leveraged ETFs, I oppose adding additional requirements to be able to invest in them. There are already very aggressive warnings against investing in leveraged ETFs on the brokerage sites that I've used (specifically Fidelity and Schwab). These extra warnings informed me that these products are not suitable for most investors and made you acknowledge that these
