For those who have an FPL account, is there a way in which we can view where the broker is getting the variable interest rate used? I have noticed is a fraction of what is reported from sources like fintel.io. Seems like there are many behind the scenes deals going on to allow for manipulation. If stocks are loaned out, then the interest rate should be able to have some reference of where the
I believe in requiring firms to reflect synthetic short positions in short interest reports. For example, enhanced short interest reporting could include synthetic short positions achieved through the sale of a call option and purchase of a put option (where the options have the same strike price and expiration month) or through other strategies. FINRA believes this information would assist FINRA
I feel that the current system of allowing Hedge funds, and wealthy investors to run rampant on Wall Street shorting stocks into oblivion only to slight the retail investor. Overleveraging themselves into positions based on pride and ego and then expecting the American Taxpayer to foot the bill when they go bankrupt and lose people's retirement and 401k is absolutely appalling. Selling
Beginning Monday, November 6, 2023, as described in Regulatory Notice 22-28 FINRA will require firms to report transactions in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign sovereign debt securities to TRACE.
FINRA has updated the TRACE Web API Specifications for Corporate and Agency Debt and the TRACE OTC Corporate Bonds and Agency Debt User Guide to align with these changes. As noted in the Regulatory
<p>Electronic Batch Approval of New Customer Accounts.</p>
Sec. 12.5 Any records maintained by FINRA Regulation in the regular course of business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, magnetic tape, computer disk, or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time.
Amended by SR-
(a) FINRA will request guidance from the MSRB in interpretation of the rules of the MSRB. FINRA also will provide information to the MSRB about the enforcement actions and examinations pertaining to municipal securities brokers, municipal securities dealers, and municipal advisors conducted by FINRA regarding the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the rules of the MSRB,
The Series 28 exam — the Introducing Broker-Dealer Financial and Operations Principal Qualification Exam (FI) — assesses the competency of an entry-level principal to perform their job as a financial and operations principal in an introducing broker-dealer that does not carry customer accounts or hold customer funds or securities.
The Series 27 exam — the Financial and Operations Principal Qualification Exam (FN) — assesses the competency of an entry-level principal to perform their job as a financial and operations principal.
As a self-regulatory conglomerate it is beyond the reasoning of a "retail" investor as to why such ordinances do not already exist. The SEC itself has proclaimed naked-short selling to be a well established predatory and dangerous practice that undermines the free-market operations of millions of non-institutional investors who cannot play by the same rules. In addition to the
