FINRA announced today that it has promoted Omer Meisel to Executive Vice President of the National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection Program (NCFC), effective October 2.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an amendment to Article III, Section 28 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice requiring an associated person to notify the employer member in
My first impression of this proposal is that it is a reaction to activities of individuals during the recent pandemic. Those who followed Wall Street Bets chasing meme stocks succumbed to, as Glenn Frey wrote in Smugglers Blues, "The lure of easy money is a very strong disease." As such the cure for such affliction would be better found with "Gamblers Anonymous"
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The NASD requests comments on a proposed new By-Law that would permit the NASD to require trade comparison reporting by members conducting' an inter-dealer OTC securities business, as intended when the Trade Acceptance and Reconciliation Service (TARS) began development in 1981.
The
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The 2002 Renewal Program for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®)
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NASD Dispute Resolution has established San Juan, Puerto Rico as an additional hearing location, effective January 1, 2003. This will be the third hearing location established outside of
I object to government regulators deciding what I can and cannot do with my investable funds. I receive a prospectus when I buy products that require them, and the burden is on me to make an informed decision. I do not want to have to take any special courses or pass any tests or explain my reasoning to someone outside my family. I have an investment advisor with whom I can discuss whether
Dear FINRA,
I am an individual investor, and I write in opposition to the proposed regulations which seek to substitute the judgement of federal regulators for that of individual investors seeking to make informed decisions about their own money. Your role is supposed to be to protect investors, not to hurt and control them. Unfortunately, any efforts that upend the existing disclosure-based
you make sure BD are well regulated to provide adequate information to investors. Do you assume they are not doing their job? If it is a current public investment already okayed by you why shouldnt the regular public have the right to buy it? whether it is for leverage or protection. If we end up with only passive investments there will be no market in the true sense of the word and will just
I have been informed that the above referenced regulatory notice is being considered.
I strongly object to the intent of this proposed regulation. I do not believe that FINRA should be able to restrict my ability to chose my investments or to make me go thru a bureaucratic process to establish my right to make those investments. I have been trading these investment vehicles for many years and
