INFORMATIONAL
Amendments to NASD Rules Regarding the Regulation of Activities of Members Experiencing Financial and/or Operational Difficulties
Effective Date: December 1, 2003
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Rule 3130
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FINRA Revises Indexed Amounts for Monetary Sanctions in the Sanction Guidelines
The FINRA Board of Governors will consider the following rulemaking items at its February 2015 meeting: BrokerCheck disclosure; Discretionary accounts and transactions; Regulatory Element continuing education; Sales of securities on military installations; and TRACE transaction reporting and historic data sets.
FINRA has seen a recent significant spike in investor complaints resulting from recommendations made by fraudulent “investment groups” promoted through social media channels. Complaints describe bad actors, posing as registered investment advisers, who advertise “stock investment groups” on Instagram and other social media channels and then turn to encrypted group chats on WhatsApp to communicate with interested investors and pitch investments.
I am new to investing as a retail investor, but one thing that has been clearly revealed is the lack monitoring and action taken on the hedge funds and other entities when shorting stocks/companies. That the SEC doesn't do anything to stop the naked short selling occurring in the market reflects that the only people allowed to make money in this market are the ones who get away with it given
This system is being absolutely abused by short sellers and transparency is not only needed but should have already been implemented. Everyone should have access to the same data, THAT is a fair and just market. Right now the market , AMC, GME , in particular are being manipulated through the use of ETFs and FTD to stall the process of covering shorts like they should. The consequence of these
Every share should be tracked with unique identifier. Every share should be located and lent only once. Every order should be delivered T+2 or fails mean an exclusion and high cost penalty. Every short position should be updated with FINRA daily. The US market is manipulated by huge financial institutions with naked short selling and share price action manipulation. Please make it a free and
This system is being absolutely abused by short sellers and transparency is not only needed but should have already been implemented. Everyone should have access to the same data, THAT is a fair and just market. Right now the market , AMC, GME , in particular are being manipulated through the use of ETFs and FTD to stall the process of covering shorts like they should. The consequence of these
Rulemaking Items for Discussion at the July 2014 Meeting
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Executive Summary
The Board of Governors, acting on the recommendation of a special Ad Hoc Committee, is clarifying the applicability of Article III, Section 40 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice to the investment advisory activities of registered representatives. This Notice describes those
