INFORMATIONAL
Registration Requirements
Effective Date: September 17, 2001
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Executive Representatives
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Limited Principal—Financial and Operations
Limited Principal—Introducing Broker/Dealer Financial and Operations
Executive Summary
On May 21, 2001, the Securities and Exchange
Ive been recently informed of you trying to impose regulations & restrictions disqualifying normal people/investors from investing into crypto funds. I wanted to express my concern to everyone involved in hurting my portfolio & stopping me from investing into crypto funds such as BITO. I myself should be able to choose my own investments which are right for me, I take financial
The Books and Records topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
Registered Representatives
Executive Summary
On May 26, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) Rule 9514 authorizing hearing officers from the NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) Office of Hearing Officers to
FINRA 21-19 addresses many of the shortcomings of our opaque market. While I support the reporting enhancements, I would like to see further action taken by FINRA to bring transparency to short selling. Short selling, while providing liquidity to the market, also brings the challenge of unlimited risk. Unlimited risk (e.g. a short squeeze) drives market participants to engage in unethical and
Regulatory ObligationsSEA Rule 15c2-11 governs the publication or submission of quotations by broker-dealers in a quotation medium other than a national securities exchange (i.e., the OTC market).1 The rule generally prohibits a broker-dealer from publishing a quotation for any security in a quotation medium unless the broker-dealer has reviewed current and publicly available information
With the holiday season upon us and 2023 coming to an end, FINRA’s Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) would like to remind member firms to prepare for cyber threats and attacks that may occur around the holidays. Member firms and their vendors should consider reviewing and validating their Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs), continuing to educate their employees with respect to cybersecurity and effective practices, and testing incident response plans (IRPs) to prepare for, prevent, or recover from an incident.
1. The most neglected field in investor education is equity market manipulation. New retail investors should be informed about perpetual option fail-to-delivers, married-puts, shorting via exchange-traded-funds, off-exchange trading and selling synthetic shares to manipulate a stock's price. 2. From a retail investor's perspective: An open forum where individual users can share investor
Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rules Governing Supervision and Supervisory Controls; Comment Period Expires: June 13, 2008
Summary
FINRA amended its Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes (Customer Code) to expand a customer’s options to withdraw an arbitration claim if a member firm or an associated person becomes inactive.1 These amendments also allow customers to amend pleadings, postpone hearings, request default proceedings and receive a refund of filing fees in these situations.
The amendments
