FINRA Announces Updates of the Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules
Is there a rule that addresses prohibited conditions relating to expungement of customer dispute information?
Yes, FINRA Rule 2081 provides that no member or associated person shall condition or seek to condition settlement of a dispute with a customer on, or to otherwise compensate the customer for, the customer’s agreement to consent to, or not to oppose, the member’s or associated person’s
Report Examines Attitudes, Behaviors of Investors Ages 18 to 25
WASHINGTON—FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) and CFA Institute have released a new report, Gen Z and Investing: Social Media, Crypto, FOMO, and Family.
The report examines attitudes and behaviors around investing among two Gen Z segments (ages 18 to 25) in the United States—those with and
What do a Kenyan brewer and a Pakistani cement manufacturer have in common? Both are publicly traded on stock exchanges in frontier markets.
Jim Reese is Senior Vice President of Data and Analytics for Member Supervision at FINRA. Mr. Reese leads a team of data analysts, risk specialists and data scientists responsible for developing and executing innovative advanced analytics, risk and predictive models, graph and other visualizations to enable, inform and drive the efficiency and effectiveness of Member Supervision and its
Don’t trust that unexpected text or direct message from a stranger—it might be the first step in a relationship investment scam. These scams often involve fraudsters contacting targets seemingly at random, then gaining trust before ultimately manipulating their targets into phony investments and disappearing with the funds.
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WASHINGTON— FINRA announced today that after nine years in the Department of Enforcement, Christopher Kelly plans to leave FINRA on Nov. 1 to pursue other opportunities. In his most recent role of Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Enforcement, Kelly oversaw the work of FINRA’s Enforcement attorneys throughout the country as well as Enforcement’s Litigation Group.
“Chris’s contributions to
The United States if a free country. All regulatory agencies have a responsibility to protect our freedoms, not restrict them. All financial regulators have a responsibility to ensure investors are adequately informed, but they have no right to restrict our freedom to invest freely as we choose. By limiting access to investments, you limit innovation and also subject retail investors to the
