FINRA announced today that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC $1.6 million for the firm’s repeated failures to timely close out failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions and to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of municipal security positions that are short more than 30 calendar days, and related supervisory failures.
Data transparency is the hallmark of reliability, responsibility, and accountability. As such, all information about short sale positions, short interest, etc. should be publicly and freely available in real time immediately. Failing that, as soon as possible - which, given the electronic nature of these transactions, ought to be virtually immediately. Anything less increases corruption,
FINRA has taken disciplinary actions against the following firms and individuals for violations of FINRA rules; federal securities laws, rules and regulations; and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB).
I'm a retail investor. From my perspective, the entire reason for the (increasingly public) debate over short-selling regulations stems from the loopholes in reporting that are being exploited to the detriment of investors at all levels and to the detriment of the integrity of American markets at large. In this context, I believe the language in this Notice does not go far enough to allay my
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved amendments to the Board of Governors' Interpretation on Prompt Receipt and Delivery of Securities and Article III, Section 21 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice (SEC Release No. 34-23572). The amendments, which will become effective on October 15, 1986,
It is due time that we make the stock market more transparent for all investors. Dark pools used to hide buying pressure on stocks and shorting them on the open market is manipulation. We need to do away with dark pools all together and also have a means to know exact short interest other than " Self Report data" .
Hi January 01/28/2021 There were pure Manipulation for share price for illegal short covering. I wanted to purchased $nok share with Cash account in the morning but they intentionally blocked my order so hedge funds can cover their illgeal short position... I no longer believe in our finnical system. He is live video with proof... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69QNPHNU5zc
Dear mod I’m a full time trader since 2015! I experienced allots of good company stock destroyed by short seller. So many of investors are in the road because of then and some of them wait years but shorts never cover their positions! I really want finra to change this system as soon as possible. I’m sure this will help the regulator investor ( thank you )
I personally believe that short interest data should be available live without any delays (i.e. T+2 settlement) and that ALL short interest data must be reported across the board. Additionally I believe that fines for illicit practices should be equal to no less than the profit of the particular trade PLUS an additional 10% in order to discourage the practice from happening again.
I want much more transparency in the market, especially when it comes to buy/sell orders in ATS. All information market makers have when it comes to filing for a short position should be just as accessible to retail traders. Lastly, short positions buys/sell should be disclosed the day of filing. No more T+ nonsense. Thank you kindly, I hope this helps.
