I completely disagree and oppose this SEC rule and it is a violation of my right to choose how I wish invest my money. You should have no right to threaten my ability to make my own choices. You would be taking away my ability to choose to hedge or make investment decisions about the market. Not all retail traders are infants! We don't need you making decisions for us. It's another
GUIDANCE
Business Expansions
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Business Expansions
IM-1011-1
Material Change in Business
Operations
Rule 1017
Safe Harbor
Executive Summary
On August 7, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) approved amendments to Interpretative Material 1011-1
(Safe Harbor for Business Expansions) (IM
Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 (the “Rule”) governs the publication or submission of quotations by broker-dealers in a quotation medium other than a national securities exchange (i.e., the OTC market). The Rule generally prohibits a broker-dealer from publishing a quotation for any security in a quotation medium unless the broker-dealer has reviewed current and publicly available information about the issuer whose security is the subject of the quotation, and the broker-dealer believes this information is accurate and obtained from a reliable source. Municipal securities and other “exempt securities” (e.g., government securities, Treasury securities) are not subject to the Rule.
The Trusted Contact Persons section of the 2022 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Summary
FINRA is publishing this Notice to assist firms with making accurate submissions in connection with requests for Federal Reserve Board Regulation T, SEA Rule 15c3-3 and FINRA Rule 4210 extensions of time around holidays when exchanges or banks are closed. The schedule included in this Notice specifies the due dates for filing requests of extensions of time prior to and after a holiday
Summary
FINRA alerts members to an emerging threat to customers and members, where FINRA, NASDAQ and NYSE have observed initial public offerings (IPOs) for certain small capitalization (small-cap) issuers listed on U.S. stock exchanges that may be the subject of pump-and-dump-like schemes (sometimes referred to as "ramp-and-dump" schemes in other jurisdictions).1 FINRA has observed
This new rule is unacceptable.
NASDR has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to the Code of Arbitration Procedure (Code) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to change the interpretation of the Code such that claims relating to transactions in exempted securities, including government and municipal securities, may be submitted to the Office of Dispute Resolution (Office) for arbitration under the NASD
(a) Application of FINRA Rule 9000 Series (Code of Procedure) to Funding PortalsExcept for the FINRA Rule 9520 Series, FINRA Rule 9557, FINRA Rule 9561, and the FINRA Rule 9700 Series, all funding portal members shall be subject to the FINRA Rule 9000 Series, unless the context requires otherwise, provided, however, that:(1) the term "member" as used in the FINRA Rule 9000 Series shall
