A vibrant and efficient capital-raising process fosters business expansion, job creation, innovation and economic growth. FINRA members play a critical role in facilitating capital formation for businesses of all sizes. FINRA supports the capital-raising process through appropriately tailored rules for its members that are designed for the benefit of all market participants.
WASHINGTON—FINRA announced today the launch of FINRA Forward, a series of initiatives to improve its effectiveness and efficiency in pursuing its mission. The Three FINRA Forward initiatives:Modernizing FINRA Rules. FINRA is conducting a broad review of its rules to modernize requirements, facilitate innovation and eliminate unnecessary burdens. Empowering Member Firm
Dear FINRA,
Leveraged ETFs are a relatively new entrants into the stock market, with the first fund being introduced in 2006. These ETFs give retail investors easy access to leverage that does not subject them to margin calls, or expire worthless like an option. Another innovation made possible by Leveraged ETFs, are inverse strategies. By providing investors with the ability to hedge their
Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, enacted in 2012, contains key provisions relating to securities offered or sold through crowdfunding.
This page provides information and resources for crowdfunding intermediaries that, pursuant to Title III of the JOBS Act, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding and FINRA's rules for funding portals, register with the SEC as
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As of September 29, 1994, the following 49 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market, bringing the total number of issues to 3,725:
Symbol
Company
Entry Date
SOES Execution Level
BDTC
Bio-Dental Technologies
8/30/94
200
FCNB
Corporation FCNB Corp.
8/30/94
200
CCIL
Cellular Communications International,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rules 1015, 9261, 9341, 9524 and 9830 and Funding Portal Rule 900 to allow for video conference hearings before the Office of Hearing Officers (“OHO”) and the National Adjudicatory Council (“NAC”) under specified conditions.
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Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
Cover Letter From FINRA President and CEO, Robert Cook
January 8, 2018
As is our practice, we are marking the start of the new year by publishing our
To Whom It May Concern:
I am strongly opposed to any restriction to on my ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds. These funds are great innovations that have been extremely helpful in hedging my regular investments since they became available. Loss of these products would expose me to a higher level of risk. Independent entities are at a disadvantage vis a vis institutions in all social
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to FINRA Rules to Support the Industry Initiative to Shorten the Settlement Cycle for Securities in the U.S. Secondary Market From T+3 to T+2
Crypto assets—also known as digital assets—are assets that are issued or transferred using distributed ledger or blockchain technology. They include, but are not limited to, so-called “virtual currencies,” “coins,” and “tokens.” A particular crypto asset may or may not meet definition of a “security” under the federal securities laws. FINRA rules that relate to securities, or that do not depend on securities status, may impose obligations on the crypto asset-related activities of member firms and associated persons.
