Dear Sirs, As a US citizen, I believe I have the right to choose my own investment for myself and my own family using any public investment vessels. This right should come with no further official regulation to decide if I am qualified in knowledge or risk taking since it's my own decision based on my own due diligence. In the past 20 years, Fed kept relaxing credits in order to save
FINRA, Most people, including myself, who have managed to save any money are fully capable of researching leveraged funds and deciding if investing in them suits our needs and risk levels. We should not have to go through any kind of special process or pass any kind of a test. These funds are mostly used to hedge against unexpected shocks to the market and must be entered into, or exited, in a
Sec. 5. Membership in the Corporation may be voluntarily terminated only by formal resignation. Resignations of members must be filed via electronic process or such other process as the Corporation may prescribe and addressed to the Corporation. Any member may resign from the Corporation at any time. Such resignation shall not take effect until 30 days after receipt thereof by the
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), no member shall, directly or indirectly, give, permit to be given, or offer to give, anything of value to any person for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of such person in connection with the publication or circulation in any electronic or other public media, including any investment service or similar publication, Web site, newspaper
(a) Each member shall keep and preserve in each office of supervisory jurisdiction either a separate file of all written customer complaints that relate to that office (including complaints that relate to activities supervised from that office) and action taken by the member, if any, or a separate record of such complaints and a clear reference to the files in that office containing the
This rule is no longer applicable. NASD Rule 1010 Series has been superseded by FINRA Rule 1000 Series. Please consult the appropriate FINRA Rule.
(a) Events Requiring Application
A member shall file an application for approval of any of the following changes to its ownership, control, or business operations:
(1) a merger of the member with another member, unless both are members of the New
Module 1: Stocks and Stock Options is intended primarily for futures professionals as an introduction to securities and securities law concepts. FINRA will not require broker/dealers to administer the content of Module 1 to securities registrants. Firms should decide on their own whether their employees would benefit from the basic securities overview.
(a) Application of FINRA Rule 12000 Series (Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes), FINRA Rule 13000 Series (Code of Arbitration Procedure for Industry Disputes) and FINRA Rule 14000 Series (Code of Mediation Procedure) to Funding Portals
All funding portal members shall be subject to the FINRA Rule 12000 Series, FINRA Rule 13000 Series and FINRA Rule 14000 Series, unless the
What does Ombuds mean? Ombuds is a term originating from Sweden and means representative. The International Ombuds Association describes an ombuds as “one who assists individuals and groups in the resolution of conflicts or concerns.”
