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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In a report titled "Clearance and Settlement Systems in the World's Securities Markets," a private-sector group published nine recommendations proposing standards for clearance and settlement of
Changes to Qualification Examination Fees
What makes are American economy and stock market great is the ability to choose how we invest our time, talent, and of course money. For many the idea of growing assets through investments is a beautiful mechanism and the reason we wake up ready for work every morning. I love the financial industry and have worked in it for many years. When working with clients, I always try to follow the rules
To whom it may concern.
I am writing to express my shock and concern over the direction FIRNA believes it is necessary to move in as outline by Regulatory Notice 22-08. The entire notice is written with a thinly veiled tone of condescension towards retail investors and how they cannot possibly have the knowledge or sophistication to understand what they are investing in; a common refrain from
I write to you in strong opposition to the proposed rule changes to which this public comment refers. I understand and applaud FINRA's desire to protect consumers - however I must insist you find a different way to do it. Simply restricting my access as an individual investor to a broad range of investments doesn't serve to protect me - it serves to drive my investing into
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The following is a list of NASD Notices to Members issued during the fourth quarter of 1985. Requests for copies of any notice should be accompanied by a self-addressed mailing label and directed to: NASD Administrative Services, 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006.
Notice Number
Date
Topic
85-65
October 1, 1985
SIPC Trustee
Comment on SEC Proposed Rule #S7-24-15: I am a retail investor who has used leveraged ETF's for the past 12 years. I do not trade in these instruments but have purchased them over time, and have continued to hold them (all for at least five years). I monitor them daily and evaluate my portfolio vs the major indices on a weekly basis. I have included them initially at about 20% of my overall
February 20, 2015
Mr. Gregory J. Nowak
Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Re: FINRA Rule 5130 - Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings
Dear Mr. Nowak:
This is in response to your letter dated December 3, 2014, in which you request interpretive guidance on behalf of PCV Lux, SCA ("PCV
I would be categorized as a "retail" trader. The assumptions being made in this proposal are insulting, it wrongly assumes so called retail traders are uneducated in many of the products named in this proposal. The assumption non-professional traders lack understanding of these products is not what I see on a daily basis. I trade with hundreds of other traders in a Discord chat room and
Firms cited several different benefits and challenges they encountered during their cloud journey.
In particular, firms noted that in assessing the potential benefits and challenges related to the use of cloud computing it is important to assess them in comparison to the other alternatives available to firms, such on-prem environments (which carries its own relative benefits and challenges). The
