FINRA announced today that Derrick Roman, former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Gus Sauter, current member of FINRA’s Investment Committee, have been appointed as public governors on its Board of Governors. In addition, Naureen Hassan, President of UBS Americas and CEO of UBS Holdings, has been appointed as an industry governor to the Floor Member Governor seat.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("Association" or "NASD") is publishing interpretations of restrictions which apply to venture capital investments by NASD members and certain of their control persons. 1/ These restrictions (hereinafter the "Venture Capital Restrictions") were added to the
I am deeply disturbed by the proposed regulation limiting access to leveraged and inverse ETFs (which are publicly-traded securities) to those with high net worth who pass a specialized regulatory exam and then jump through a series of administrative and timing-related hoops.
Leveraged and inverse ETFs are one of the few methods that the little guy has in order to protect his or her investments
Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
This rule is no longer applicable. NASD Rule 2340 has been superseded by FINRA Rule 2231. Please consult the appropriate FINRA Rule.
(a) General
Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (b), each general securities member shall, with a frequency of not less than once every calendar quarter, send a statement of account ("account statement") containing a description of any securities
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Dear FINRA, I come from the industry, although now retired, and am an active trader using leveraged products. I agree with you that anyone using these products should be able to demonstrate sophistication and an understanding of the underlying optionality and risks. (In cases of trading discretion, the person with trading discretion over the client's, or family member's,
To whom it may concern,
I do not believe in setting "restrictions" for extra risky assets (like triple-leveraged ETFs) in lieu of simple education on those assets. We're all adults, we should be allowed to use our money the way we want to PROVIDED we are fully aware of the circumstances. If the investor is unaware of the differences between a x3 ETF and a normal index
Every member that is a party to a security-based swap with a customer, broker or dealer, or other Counterparty, or who has guaranteed or otherwise become responsible for any other person’s SBS obligations, shall comply with the following requirements, except that a member that is registered as a security-based swap dealer under Exchange Act section 15F shall instead comply with SEA Rule 18a-3.
Do not further restrict normal investor access to specialized etfs and funds. We are already cut off from daytrading unless we have 25k in assets and have limited access to online funds requiring accredited investor status (200k income, 1 mil in assets) if you further restrict access to products such as etfs that provide access to commodity, cryptocurrency, and leveraged equity or currency
