Hedge funds used obfuscation and blatant disregard for the rules to extract capital from retail. This became blatantly obvious with the manipulation throughout the last year. I am asking for more frequent public reporting of short positions and more detail in public reports. Increased enforcement of the current rules against naked short selling is a given.
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Revisions to the Definition of Non-public Arbitrator
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend NASD Rule 2212 to require a member that seeks to qualify for the safe harbor set forth in Rule 2212 to, among other things, use a process to prevent telephone solicitations to any telephone number in a version of the national do-not-call registry obtained from the administrator of the registry no more than thirty-one (31) days prior to
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to establish on a pilot basis new Rule 4400A, which would give NASD the authority to receive and review complaints against NASD Alternative Display Facility (“ADF”) market participants that allege denial of direct or indirect access required pursuant to Rule 4300A.
Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Arbitration Codes to Permit Arbitrators to Make Referrals During an Arbitration Proceeding
<p>All Letters of Caution represent a determination that a violation has occurred, either of an NASD rule or a rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission over which NASD Regulation has jurisdiction to enforce. A Letter of Caution that results from a finding in a disciplinary proceeding initiated under the Rule 9200 Series of the NASD Code of Procedure is a sanction within the meaning of Procedural Rule 8310(a)(6), but a staff-issued Letter of Caution is not a sanction within the meaning of Procedural Rule 8310(a)(6).</p>
NASD has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend the NASD Rule 9600 Series to permit a Waiver Subcommittee of the National Adjudicatory Council ("NAC") to affirm, modify, or reverse a decision of NASD's Department of Member Regulation ("Department") denying a request for a waiver from a required qualifications examination pursuant to Rule 1070.
SR-FINRA-2009-004 - Proposed Rule Change To Amend Definition of TRACE-Eligible Security to Include Securities Eligible for Public Sale and Additional Securities That Are Restricted Securities
NASD has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") a proposed rule change to amend NASD Interpretive Material (IM) 2110-2, Trading Ahead of Customer Limit Order (commonly referred to as the "Manning Rule"), to codify NASD's existing position that the Manning Rule applies to all members, whether acting as a market maker or not.
(a) Filing Requirements
Each member that sells a security in a non-public offering in reliance on an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act ("private placement") must: (i) submit to FINRA, or have submitted on its behalf by a designated member, a copy of any private placement memorandum, term sheet or other offering document, and any retail communication (as
