The Communications with the Public 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.
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FINRA has updated the form that members must use to file offering documents and information pursuant to FINRA Rules 5122 (Private Placements of Securities Issued by Members) and 5123 (Private Placements of Securities) (Filer Form). The updated Filer Form will be accessible in the FINRA Gateway beginning May 22, 2021, and includes new and updated questions that will facilitate
Robert W. Cook's Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment Financial Services Committee
Please allow my research and judgement to decide the best investment vehicles for my money. All tools require effort and time to learn. None are more complex than others. ETPs like Inverse ETF funds go the opposite direction of a benchmark. How is this difficult to understand? In fact, in my ROTH IRA this is the safest means to hedge against the market going lower. I don't want to
RE: Restrictions on Leveraged and Inverse ETFs
We know that these investment vehicles are legal, so restricting access is basically unethical and corrupt. If these investment vehicles are open to some, then they should be open to all. The proposal includes language about needing to pass a FINRA exam to invest. Scarry Part is the fact that other investment vehicles could become restricted as
I consider it vital that ordinary investors retain the right to invest in leveraged, inverse funds such as UVXY. During market declines, these are frequently nearly the only investments that go up, while everything else goes down together like a flock of birds. During the financial crisis of 2008, I was wiped out because I only invested in stocks which my investment letters assured me would be
Board Appoints Lisa Fairfax as New Public Governor, Approves 2022 Annual Financial Report and Adds New Members to Advisory Committees
WASHINGTON—FINRA's Board of Governors met on May 17-18 for the second time in 2023. During the meeting, the Board appointed a new public governor, approved FINRA’s 2022 Annual Financial Report and added new members to Advisory Committees.
The Board appointed
A clearing member may use negative response letters to assign orphan accounts to an introducing broker-dealer on the clearing member’s platform.
Dear Ms. Dyer:
I am responding to your letter dated March 10, 2023, as supplemented by conversations with the staff, in which you seek interpretive guidance regarding the use of negative response letters by National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”) to
So Investments are too complex for us "regular" people? Discrimination much? Investments are only for those with a high net worth? Discrimination much? It's 2022, the time where we all talk about discrimination and how we can fix it. Well with what's been coming out of lawmakers hands in 2022, has been fueling the discrimination fire. I started investing in 2021 when CoinBase
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On November 2, 1998, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) filed amendments for immediate effectiveness with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that will amend Section 13 of Schedule A to the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) to
