TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Attention: Direct Participation Program Department
The Association is requesting comments on a proposed amendment to Appendix F to Article III, Section 34 of the Rules of Fair Practice ("Appendix F"). Appendix F relates primarily to public offerings of direct participation programs, most of which are limited partnerships. The amendment
Dear Finra,
Leveraged funds are an important part of my investment strategy. Please do not make them difficult to access.
Yes, I understand and think most understand that the daily reset on leveraged funds means that an investor won't automatically earn the multiple of the index.
That said, they are tax efficient relative to futures for those of us who must invest in taxable brokerage
Dear FINRA,
I am hereby writing to object to the rule enhancement articulated on Regulatory Notice 22-08, which proposes a restriction on investors' ability to trade complex products and options.
I clearly understand your concern about investors making uninformed investment decisions on options and complex products specifically to leveraged or inverse exchange-traded products. However,
I fall into the category of investors which this regulatory notice is aiming to protect: I am a relatively young retail investor who has chosen to invest in complicated funds on a self direct brokerage. Therefore, I feel the need to discuss my experience with complex products.
I acknowledge that these funds are more complicated than conventional products. However, complication does not mean
Warning: Rule #22-08 is currently the subject of a deceptive advertising attack. Let's play "which of these is not like the others": * Target Date Funds * Funds using cryptocurrency futures * Reverse Convertible Notes * Volatility-Linked Funds The answer is "Target Date Funds". I don't use this, I don't intend to use this; but it's an old tool that's
To further restrict access to complex products would be a mistake. Demanding that brokerages and fiduciaries provide education on how these products work makes sense, but restriction earlier in my investing career actually cost me money. I currently use ETFs, leveraged instruments, and options to limit my risk.
Before starting, I spent hours and hours on educational sites, watching videos, and
2021 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (February 2, 2021)
This Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) is designed to inform member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations. For selected regulatory obligations, the Report: (1) identifies the applicable rule and key related
Account Statements: 08-77
Auction Rate Securities: 08-21
Bond Mutual Fund Volatility/Risk Rating: 00-23, 01-58, 03-48, 06-05
Books and Records: 96-82, 98-11, 03-33, 05-27, 06-45, 08-12, 08-28, 08-73, 10-06, 11-39, 17-18
Branch Offices: 02-52, 05-66, 05-67, 06-12, 14-11
Brokerage: 13-23
BrokerCheck Link: 14-19, 15-50
Capital Acquisition Broker Rules: 16-37, 17-14
Capital Formation: 17-14
FINRA issued $85.5 million in fines in 2023 , and the Board determined that there were $97.8 million in fines-eligible expenditures in 2023 (i.e., capital initiatives, strategic expenditures and other activities eligible to be funded by fine monies based on the criteria set forth above). Because the total of fines-eligible expenditures exceeded the amount of fines issued in 2023, the balance of $12.3 million was funded from FINRA’s reserves and excess operating results.
To FINRA, While it may seem to you and any so called 'regulatory' body that you hold the ultimate decision in what free citizens can and cannot do with their property, this is not the case. Under the Constitution, of which you are subordinate, you may not unduly infringe upon the rights of the individual citizen to dispose of their property as they see fit unless they have violated the
