1. All short sales must be reported to FINRA by the end of each settlement day and made public by the beginning of the next settlement day. - FINRA must automatically pull the information by market close electronically (i.e. NO self-reporting) 2. All unused loaned shares must be reported to FINRA by end of settlement day and made public by the beginning of the next settlement day - FINRA must
"FINRA is considering: (1) modifications to its short interest reporting requirements (Rule 4560); (2) a new rule to require that participants of a registered clearing agency report to FINRA information on allocations to correspondent firms of fail-to-deliver positions; and (3) other potential enhancements related to short sale activity. FINRA believes that these potential changes could
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The SEC has approved changes to the Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer, Form U-4, and the Uniform Termination Notice for Securities Industry Registration, Form U-5. The changes
I do not need a regulatory board telling me I am too poor or too under informed to take a risky financial investment. I should have equal rights to all other investors.
Leveraged funds are an important part of my investment strategy. Information on these funds and their risks are readily available to public investors. Restricting these funds to only a select few would be harmful to the general public.
Please allow me to object to your FINRA Reg. Notice #22-08.
Kindly inform me of the rationale you are using to justify a
restriction on the public's option to invest in leveraged and inverse funds.
Information about leveraged instruments is readily available online and via any broker. I don't think any additional regulation is needed, and I'm concerned that such regulation would unfair to some investors.
At the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), NASD convened and led a Joint NASD/Industry Breakpoint Task Force, with representatives from, among others, Investment Company Institute ("ICI"), Securities Industry Association ("SIA"), National Security Clearing Corporation ("NSCC"), broker/dealers, mutual funds, and transfer agents, to examine the difficulties that the financial industry experienced delivering breakpoint discounts on Class A mutual fund share sales and to develop recommendations to facilitate the complete and accurate delivery of breakpoint discounts in the future.
FINRA Requests Comments on Proposed New Rules Governing Communications with the Public
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PLEASE DIRECT THIS NOTICE TO ALL SALES, COMPLIANCE AND CREDIT OFFICERS AND PARTNERS
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Attached are copies of notices issued by the Comptroller of the Currency that relate to certain direct obligations that either may be worthless or have not been honored by a number of offshore bank licenses registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands. Because
