For individuals who are currently registered reps or employed with a firm, you should work with your firm’s compliance department to make sure that you are properly registered, provide your firm with timely updates to your record and understand your obligations as a Registered Rep.
While your firm manages most of your information, you can use the Financial Professional Gateway (FinPro) system to
It doesn't make sense in the information age to only make public short interest data on such a low cadence per month. There needs to be stricter requirements on mandating report of short interest. Thank you.
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On May 10, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new NASD Rule 2711,
Confirmations or comparisons shall include, in addition to an adequate description of the security (which shall include payment options on a unit investment trust series), the price at which the transaction was made and any other information deemed necessary to ensure that the buyer and seller agree as to details of the transaction. Such "other information" should include, if
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To bring attention to a rising trend in the fraudulent transfer of customer accounts through the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS), FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 22-21, which alerted member firms about how bad actors effect fraudulent transfers of customer assets using ACATS (referred to as ACATS fraud). That Notice listed several existing regulatory obligations that
FINRA has initiated a multi-phased effort to overhaul its registration and disclosure programs, including the Central Registration Depository (CRD) -- the central licensing and registration system that FINRA operates for the U.S. securities industry and its regulators, and that provides the backbone of BrokerCheck. In June 2018, we implemented the first phase of the transformation through a new
The proposed amendment to FINRA 4560 is a laughable attempt at improving naked short selling internal control measures, actual regulatory action, or really any kind of further obligation on the part of the involved broker-dealers. There have been hundreds if not thousands of regulatory "actions" taken by FINRA related to short sale, and misreporting/misclassification of shorts. This
The Neutral Corner, Volume 6—2008
We need more transparency in the stock market. The market’s volatility doesnt match with the data we have at the end of the day we get information later than others and that is not true capitalism.
Please don't add burdensome regulations. Informed investors are capable of making intelligent investments after weighing the risks. Uninformed investors will soon learn the hard way why they should avoid risky investments they don't really understand and will be better for the lesson.
