Executive SummaryThe purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the upcoming elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.As detailed below, the following seats are contested:Midwest Region Committee, District 4 representativeMidwest Region Committee, District 8 representativeNew York Region Committee, District 10
We are at a cross roads as an economy, thus as a country. Hedge funds and other similar large corporate entities have an unfair advantage in the market, and has acted to the detriment of the health of our economy as a whole. Loose rules related to the reporting of short interest and FTDs(fail to deliver) has created an environment that allows hedge funds and the like to take advantage of retail
NASD Reminds Firms of E-Mail Address Established to Report System Outages to Market Regulation Department
In the Winter 2000 Regulatory & Compliance Alert (2000 RCA), NASD provided the e-mail addresses specified below so that members could notify NASD's Market Regulation Department (the "staff") of system problems that impacted a member's ability to comply with
There are many ways you can slice a pie and reasons why you might want to serve larger or smaller pieces, but if you go too big, the size of a piece can become overwhelming. Sometimes, the same could be said of stocks.When a stock price gets high, sometimes a public company will want to lower that price and can do that with a stock split.A stock split is a decision by a company’s board to
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NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) reminds NASD® members and their associated persons who sell variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts (Variable Contracts) of their obligations with respect to the suitability requirements of the NASD Conduct
By Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA. To serve its mission—promoting investor protection, market integrity, and vibrant capital markets—FINRA must continuously improve its regulatory policies and programs to make them more effective and efficient. During my time as CEO, we have worked hard to build a culture of continuous improvement across FINRA—and we have come a long way, including by restructuring departments, building new technology capabilities, improving coordination across different functions, enhancing transparency, and identifying ways to be more risk-focused.
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Note: voting by NASD member executive representatives only through mail ballots distributed with print version of this Notice.
Last Voting Date: November 13, 1997
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The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD® or Association) invites members to
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The obligation of NASD® members under the Rules of Fair Practice with respect to mutual fund sales practices is a continuing concern of the NASD. The proliferation of new mutual funds and varied fee structures has significantly increased the options available for
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FINRA has multiple committees that facilitate effective engagement with its member firms and representatives of the public regarding regulatory and policy initiatives related to FINRA’s mission of promoting market integrity and investor protection in a manner that facilitates vibrant capital markets. The purpose of this Notice is to:
encourage member firms and other interested parties
Why is it that the government thinks they know what's best for me and I don't. In a country that is rapidly losing the basic freedoms promised to us, now you want to take away my financial freedoms. Inverse funds help me protect capital during periods of turmoil, high inflation, geopolitical risks, and government overspending, to name a few. Leveraged funds allow me to hedge my
