Comment Period Expires October 15, 1995
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Executive Summary
The NASD® is proposing to amend the Corporate Financing Rule, Article III, Section 44, of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice (Rule) to require that certain registered and unregistered exchange offers and related information must be filed with
The Fund Analyzer offers information on over 30,000 mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs).
Clarification Of Notice To Memers 98-10
NASD Notice to Members 98-10 (January 1998) entitled "Transaction Reporting And Quotation Obligations Under the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPS)" contained a question and answer concerning compliance officers and the need for firms to report all transactions under The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., Fixed Income Pricing SystemSM (FIPSSM), regardless
(a) Each member that is subject to the requirements of SEA Rule 17a-13 shall make the counts, examinations, verifications, comparisons and entries set forth in SEA Rule 17a-13.
(b) Each carrying or clearing member subject to the requirements of SEA Rule 17a-13 shall make more frequent counts, examinations, verifications, comparisons and entries where prudent business practice would so require.
For decades, Americans of all incomes have looked to the investment markets as an opportunity to build wealth and achieve goals such as putting their kids through college and retiring among other things. Over the years those opportunities have continued to increase with increasing levels of innovative offerings from simple stocks and bonds to mutual funds, ETF’s, IPO’s, dividends,
Dear Sirs:
I submit these comments in opposition to this FINRA Regulatory Notice:
I oppose limitations on use of ETFs that relate to "leveraged" or "inverse" funds. These ETFs are already fully disclosed to the public, and form a crucial part of many investor's plans for investing. Each individual is different; there is no "one size fits
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On March 14, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to Section 4 of the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB®) rules that requires OTCBB market makers to indicate, by a fifth-character geographic indicator appended to their market-maker identifier (MMID), that the firm's trading desk for a
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To protect investors and the public interest, and to respond to concerns raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the NASD filed
FINRA has 12 advisory committees that provide feedback on rule proposals, regulatory initiatives and industry issues. Approximately 100 industry members and 30 non-industry members serve on these committees. The advisory committees meet in-person or via teleconference typically between two and five times a year.
To Regulators,
I staunchly oppose the proposed requirements to invest in leveraged ETFs and funds. I have invested in these funds for over 10 years and am fully aware of the risks. I am capable of reading the prospectus and understanding these risks. As a former financial advisor and principal, I have ALREADY passed a series of tests that prove my investment knowledge. However, even if I had
