TO: All NASD Members
On February 17, 1984, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") approved 1/ new Article III, Section 38 of the Association's Rules of Fair Practice, an Explanation of the Board of Governors, and an amendment to the Code of Procedure for Handling Trade Practice Complaints ("Code of Procedure"). These rule changes are
GUIDANCE
Business Expansions
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Business Expansions
IM-1011-1
Material Change in Business
Operations
Rule 1017
Safe Harbor
Executive Summary
On August 7, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved amendments to Interpretative Material 1011-1
(Safe Harbor for Business Expansions) (IM
This category mapping is provided as a tool to assist member firms in understanding Rule 4111. The terms used in this mapping are defined in Rule 4111, which controls their meaning. This mapping guidance will be updated publicly as needed. The table below maps the disclosure events that are relevant for Rule 4111 (Restricted Firm Obligations) by category to the
Hi, These detailed changes are very important for a lot of people. They would leave the market as a much more transparent way to invest as there would be less reliance on rumour surrounding primarily short interest and synthetic shares. The companies involved in these large amounts of share borrowing would be much more open to legal action as illegal activity would be more obvious. These changes
SEC Approves Changes to Expand the Information Released Through BrokerCheck and Establish a Process to Dispute (or Update) Information Disclosed Through BrokerCheck
I would like to see changes in the reporting of shorts taken place in real time, full transparency from all investors from insiders to retail investors (with an emphasis on hedge funds), discontinued use of algorithmic trading tactics, synthetic shares, loop holes used to create selling pressure, and any other market manipulation tactics. I want to see real action taken to prevent and correct
Short interest reporting needs to be completely overhauled if we want to stay the leading market in the financial world. The current self reporting approach is laughable, and the fines for "misreporting", or what I would call lying and stealing, are a cost of doing business instead of a punishment. We have the technology to track short positions like Japan is doing with Blockchain which
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Municipal Securities Transaction Reporting
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Legal & Compliance
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Senior Management
Customer Transactions
Inter-dealer Transactions
MSRB Rules G-12 And G-14
Executive Summary
NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) reminds member firms about the obligations imposed by Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (
April is Financial Literacy Month, making this a great time to think about actions you can take to boost financial capability. FINRA and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation offer many resources to support you and your loved ones along your financial journey.
I would like to express my support for FINRA's continued actions to warn investors that they may be out of their depth.
I think that such policies should be revised for the online era, however. Complex products should have category IDs or acronyms associated with their structure, and online sites for the products should be required to list the acronyms corresponding to the product. There
