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Overview
FINRA launched the Helpline on April 20, 2015 to provide investors with access to specially trained FINRA staff who can assist senior and vulnerable adult investors with questions or concerns about their brokerage accounts and investments. As of December 31, 2019,5 the Helpline has received over 18,000 calls from all 50 states and several countries. Helpline callers range in age from 17
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Good afternoon. Thank you, Wayne [Abernathy], for that kind introduction and for the invitation to speak with you today. It is a pleasure to address this group, which plays such a unique role in facilitating the open discussion of important issues facing our economy and financial system.
Most of you, I assume, invest in the stock market. Many of you invest through
Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
Ryan Broussard is no stranger to the Createathon Winners’ Circle. Since participating in his first event in 2020, his team GLAM 2.0 won third place overall and the People’s Choice Awards in 2020, team AQUA took first place in 2021, and 2022 his team IPIC won first place overall and the People’s Choice Awards. That’s quite a winning resume, However, for Ryan, it’s not all about winning. It’s also about innovation, collaboration, networking, and developing creative solutions that benefit FINRA and ultimately firms and the industry.
1. What specific FINRA rules should be a focus for modernization based on their economic costs and benefits; changes in markets, products, services, or technology; or otherwise? What groups of FINRA requirements should be a focus? Please include FINRA rules that may be mandated or derived from a statutory or other non-FINRA regulatory requirement applicable to FINRA or its members.FINRA Rule 3210
Addressed to Yvonne Huber & Racquel Russel. Thank you both for requesting comment on Short Interest Position Reporting. I find it hopeful and positive that FINRA has acknowledged a gap in their ability to oversee Short Interest and Fail-To-Deliver Positions. In order to protect American investors (many of whom rely on equity positions ins 401Ks and IRAs to have a hope of retirement) FINRA
Summary
Member firms are required to make reasonable efforts to obtain the name of and contact information for a trusted contact for a non-institutional customer’s account. This Notice summarizes member firms’ regulatory obligations, discusses the benefits of trusted contacts in administering customers’ accounts, highlights customer education resources and shares effective practices member firms
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rules to Conform to the Shortened Standard Settlement Cycle for Most Broker-Dealer Transactions From Three Business Days (T+3) to Two Business Days After the Trade Date (T+2)
The SEC requires that broker-dealers create and maintain certain records so that, among other things, the SEC, self-regulatory organizations ("SROs") and state securities regulators may conduct effective examinations of broker-dealers.
