08-50 - Procedures for Submitting Written Attestation of Bona Fide Market Making Relating to Fail-to-Deliver Positions
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The Membership Application Program (MAP) Group has a dedicated front-line team of examiners (the Triage Group) to conduct an initial assessment of each New Member Application, Continuing Membership Application, Materiality Consultation, Membership Agreement Change and Two Principal Waiver.
During this initial assessment, the Triage Group
Some of the key responsibilities of an SAA are to ensure that access is appropriate and required as well as remove access for users who no longer need it—either because of changes in job duties or termination with the firm.
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Obligations Under the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
It is unfortunate that the system must be an "US vs THEM" system, especially when they don't have to play by the same rules that we, the little guy, the 99%, the "dumb money", the "retail investor, has to follow. Things I would like to see changed: -- There needs to be more transparency. We need to be able to see the shorts. We need to see the FTDs. Short positions
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
SUMMARY
Recently, in response to a request by the Association, the staff of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation issued a no-action letter concerning 17 C.F.R. 240.15c3-l (the "net capital rule") and 17 C.F.R. 240.15c3-3 (the "customer protection rule"). The letter provides, until December 31, 1983, a temporary
I am an individual investor, responsible for investing for my own family and retirement. I'm investing in PUBLIC investment vehicles, that currently are (and should REMAIN) available to any investor, and not just privileged hedge fund managers.
I DO NOT consent to having to take or pass any special exam in order to invest a security, which by definition is an act of risking capital in
There is a lot covered here, it is obvious that some steps toward better transparency are at work. The simple fact of the matter is that there systemic issues with the creation of shares to borrow based on future volumes, failures to deliver, and shorting in general. While appreciated, and needed, the solutions to these do not lie in the resolution of transparency alone. Removing the capability
SEC Approves Amendments to the Arbitration Codes to Expand Arbitrators’ Authority to Make Referrals During an Arbitration Proceeding
Market makers should consider the application of SEC Regulation M on market making activity where an issuer with no public market for its common stock is in the process of filing a registration statement and engages the market maker to file a Form 211 for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board.<br/>
