FINRA Issues an Interpretation to Clarify the Classification and Trade Reporting of Certain “Hybrid” Securities to FINRA
Dear FINRA: I'm a long term buy & hold retail investor of leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs.) I am a significant shareholder of ProShare's ETF "UPRO" at owning 0.01% of all outstanding shares, and of Direxion's "TMF" owning 0.07% of all outstanding shares. If you were to consider me an institution, I'd be rank #12 of ownership in terms of shares
The Fractional Shares: Reporting and Order Handling section 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.
Unless otherwise indicated, suspensions will begin with the opening of business on Monday, November 18, 1996. The information relating to matters contained in this Notice is current as of October 28, 1996. Information received subsequent to the 28th is not reflected in this edition.
Firms Suspended, Individuals Sanctioned
Euro-Atlantic Securities Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) and David Paul
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SEC Approves Proposed Rule Change
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Executive Summary
On November 17, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC
Regulatory Obligations and Related Considerations
Regulatory Obligations
FINRA Rule 4530 (Reporting Requirements) requires member firms to promptly report to FINRA, and associated persons to promptly report to firms, specified events, including, for example, violations of securities laws and FINRA rules, certain written customer complaints, certain disciplinary actions the firm takes and
To prepare for a life of moves, you need to know what to expect both before and after a move.
Summary
FINRA reminds firms to evaluate their exposure to LIBOR (formerly, the London Interbank Offered Rate), and review their preparedness to manage LIBOR’s phase-out. To understand how firms are preparing for that phase-out, FINRA surveyed a representative cross-section of member firms, including some firms with significant trading volume or positions in LIBOR-linked securities. This Notice
The Market Order Timeliness Statistical Report is published monthly based upon firm-reported data detailing the number of customer market orders executed by your firm in NMS securities and classifying these orders based on time duration to execute. Supplementary Material .01 of FINRA Rule 5310 – Best Execution and Interpositioning - states that member firms must make every effort to execute
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National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
May 1989
Test Site Changes for May in Kansas, New York, Georgia, and Florida
New PLATO Test Centers in Kansas
Effective May 1, 1989, Control Data PLATO Development Centers began operating at the following locations:
Farmers State Bank Building, 718 MainStreet, Suite 202, Hays, KS 67601 (913) 232-1690.
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