The Supervision section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
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Federal Reserve Board Regulation T governs the extension of credit to customers by broker/dealers. Among the provisions of Regulation T are requirements governing the initial margin
Since so many naked shorts are linked with FTDs, why don't you enforce the current rules regarding FTDs? Hedgefunds and Market Makers are currently "kicking the can" down the road and hiding Naked Shorts. I have seen estimations of FTDs that total into the $TRILLIONS of dollars and FINRA & the SEC are going to be complicit in the coming recession/depression caused by
A member is not an "affiliated member" of an insurance company for purposes of Rule 2820(g)(4)(D) where no control relationship exists between the entities.
Clarification Of Special Notice To Members 97-55
In August 1997, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) published Special Notice to Members 97-55 entitled "New Membership Application Rules, New Code of Procedure and Other New Disciplinary Rules," which described, among other things, the new Code of Procedure and when such Rules would apply to a disciplinary
I applaud FINRA’s proposed rule changes and support any rule that makes short interest visible to all investors. Free and fast information leads to better price discovery for all. Buried and outdated short interest reports serve only those who have short positions they wish to remain hidden and those who abuse FTD and naked shorting loopholes to manipulate prices. These actions hurt all investors
Hello FINRA, There needs to be way more transparency when it comes to short selling. It seems short sellers have endless loopholes that allow them to “hide” their true short positions. It certainly appears the lack of rule enforcement and lack of short sell information gives the hedge funds and MMs an unfair upper hand compared to retail investors. Fairness, enforcing rules and providing all
I never realized that the "Stock Market" is controlled by the players themselves. Of course they will thwart and break the rules when the penalties and fines are SO miniscule contrasted with the profit they make by breaking 'the rules'. The Average Jane like me has no chance of advancing or even holding our ground against the machine that the US Gov't allows to run
SSR is a solid rule especially for organic trading between bulls and bears. More often than not, when the SSR is triggered, it’s caused by a malicious entity aggressively shorting the stock. Obviously the annoying thing is that SSR doesn’t stop the shorting, it almost doesn’t affect its momentum. Big trading firms will use an aggressive short ladder attack to bypass SSR… Nothing is necessarily
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NASD is issuing this Special Notice to Members (Special NTM) to advise member firms and other interested
