Ola Persson is Senior Vice President and head of Transparency Services. He is responsible for all business, technology and operational aspects related to FINRA's fixed income and equity trade reporting and quotation facilities (TRACE, ADF, ORF, OTCBB and the TRFs).
Mr. Persson joined FINRA in 2004, with responsibilities for the fixed income (TRACE) program. Prior to joining FINRA, Mr.
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FINRA is alerting firms to a recently identified vulnerability in Apache Log4J software, which is an open-source, Java-based logging utility widely used by enterprise applications and cloud services. The “Log4Shell” vulnerability presents risk for member firms because they may be using this software in internal applications, or the software may be embedded in third-party software
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Eliminate dark pools Fines should be greater than the profit hedge made from the illegal activity Jail time is needed for market manipulation. Short positions should be forcibly closed out if illegal market manipulation is found and trading rights of those involved should be revoked. Shorting taking place in the dark pool needs to be disclosed to the public. If an institution buys shares in the
What implementation period would be appropriate to provide members with sufficient time to make the systems changes necessary to comply with this requirement? Change needs to happen as soon as possible, immediately to restore faith in the markets. To make these crooked markets somewhat fair to retail investors. FINRA is considering whether daily or weekly short interest position reporting would
Precious metals IRA frauds frequently target older workers and retirees because they typically have more money saved in their qualified retirement accounts than younger people. Before you consider rolling over your retirement plan to a gold or silver IRA, here are 10 questions you should ask.
FINRA’s National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection (NCFC) Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) has noted a recent alert issued by Microsoft on May 30, 2022.
The Microsoft alert describes a remote code execution vulnerability, named “Follina” by security analysts, related to the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) that can be used by a threat actor to run malicious code. As a result, a threat
Let me begin by stating I believe the apparent inability to administer existent provisions regarding shorting and naked shorting demonstrates a gaping hole in the system. FINRA and all related regulatory bodies have ignored the scams played by the hedge funds in hiding their activities as well as permitting a hedge fund to be the major market maker in a security they intend to pummel and drive
I am a new retail investor but I have found quickly a strong sentiment of unfair trading practices and market manipulation by hedge funds that leaves retail traders at significant disadvantages. I appreciate the efforts on behalf of FINRA and the SEC to eliminate these events of malpractice by enforcing the rules that are currently in place, as well as, providing the public with more accurate and
Seeing new regulatory rules and requirements is a good step, however they are only as powerful as their own enforcement. FINRA is apparently aware of PFOF, naked shorts, dark pool trading (of up to 89% total daily volume), etc. The rules recently put in place, as well as this request for comment(s) make this obvious. However, the retail investor trades continue to have minimal effect on actual
