Investors take risks of all types based on their own assessments. Regulators have no business deciding how this assessment should be carried out since it's a personal decision. Only the investor can make this decision based on their own knowledge and wisdom of market behavior and how each investment tool functions. This is another step to limiting investment options for the little guy
How FINRA Assesses Performance of its Machine Learning Models
Data science has come a long way in the past 10 years. As machine learning projects become productionized, they look increasingly like software projects. Focus has shifted from presenting charts to integrating AI software into a production pipeline. There is still plenty of work in the former scenario, but the latter has become more
Municipal securities fall into two categories: 1) municipal bonds issued by states, cities, counties and other governmental entities to raise money to build roads, schools and a host of other projects for the public good; and 2) municipal fund securities. Municipal bonds are typically sold in minimum increments of $5,000, pay interest on a semi-annual basis, and have maturities that range from
Imagine a new age of regulation in which compliance efforts were highly effective, and were also inexpensive. This seeming alchemy is coming to financial services in the form of new-generation “regtech.”
SEC Approves Rule Change to Reduce the Delay Period for the Corporate and Agency Debt Historic TRACE Data Sets
FINRA/Nasdaq TRFSchedule D - OfficersChuck Mack, PresidentErika Moore, SecretaryDana Laidhold, TreasurerMarc Samuel, Assistant Treasurer Tushar Mehta, Assistant TreasurerAmy Kohn, Vice PresidentSchedule E - DirectorsChris StoneChuck MackJohn ZeccaFINRA/NYSE TRFSchedule D - OfficersDoug Foley, Senior Vice President, HR & AdministrationWarren Gardiner, Senior Vice
It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of collapse, in large part due to risk resulting under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated, short-interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant specific
The integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. The policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 speak of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave specific gaps that could
It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of collapse, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective reporting, they also leave significant