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Senior Management
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Executive Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish three business days, instead of five, as the standard settlement time-frame
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Internal Audit
Operations
Systems
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
As of April 12, 1991, the following 19 issues joined Nasdaq/NMS, bringing the total number of issues to 2,535:
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WASHINGTON—FINRA published today the 2025 FINRA Regulatory Oversight Report—a vital information resource comprising observations from across FINRA’s Member Supervision, Market Regulation and Enforcement programs that member firms can use throughout the year to strengthen their compliance programs. The report reflects FINRA’s commitment to providing transparency to member firms and the investing public about its regulatory observations and activities.
The Liquidity Risk Management 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.
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Internal Audit
Operations
Systems
Trading
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
As of October 11, 1990, the following 10 issues joined NASDAQ/NMS, bringing the total number of issues to 2,613
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I have been safely and profitably investing in a leveraged, inverse fund for years in taxed and tax-deferred accounts.and have been investing in stocks, bonds and derivatives for decades. Leveraged, inverse funds are only a small part of my investment portfolio and are an even smaller part of my net worth. I understand the risks and mitigate them by buying shares only when the risk is relatively
It is not right to limit choices of what I can invest in. Just because I am not a "professional" investor does not mean I don't understand risk. This seems like a misguided attempt to protect people from themselves that will actually result in less ability for people who are not billionaires to make money.
I am also skeptical of any tests you might give, many people
I oppose any restrictions by FINRA or any other regulatory bodies on my right to invest in publicly available investments such as leveraged and inverse funds. You couch your actions as protecting individual investors. We do not need your paternalistic [REDACTED]. Take it elsewhere. There should not be any special process, including passing a test or net worth test, or any of that crap to invest
(a) Mandatory Member Participation
(1) Member participation in TRACE for trade reporting purposes is mandatory. Such mandatory participation obligates members to submit transaction reports in TRACE-Eligible Securities in conformity with the Rule 6700 Series.
(2) Participation in TRACE shall be conditioned upon the TRACE Participant's initial and continuing compliance with the following
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Legal & ComplianceOperationsSystemsTrading
Training
Executive Summary
On July 16, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an NASD rule change to implement real-time trade reporting for members' over-the-counter transactions in equity securities that were not previously reportable to the NASD in this manner.1 The equity securities