It’s tempting to put off until tomorrow some of the important decisions about what happens to your retirement assets when you die. But it pays to plan ahead, especially for accounts that aren’t transferred by will or trust. Start here: Make sure there are designated beneficiaries for any retirement savings plans and pensions you own or may be entitled to.
The staff granted an exemption from FINRA Rule 5131(b) with respect to purchases of “new issues” by the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust.
SEC Approves Rules Requiring Members to Create Business Continuity Plans and Provide Emergency Contact Information
The use of leveraged and inverse funds allows investors like myself to easily create planned hedges on various sectors of the markets. Removing or hindering use of these funds would limit individuals planning to use these in their investment mix.
Summary
Member firms often encourage registered representatives to have succession plans in place to plan for expected or unexpected life events. Succession planning can benefit customers, member firms and registered representatives. This Notice discusses these benefits, as well as common types of succession plans. This Notice also provides an overview of related FINRA rules and administrative
Delegation of Functions and Authority:
A. Subject to Section I.B.9., FINRA hereby delegates to FINRA CAT and FINRA CAT assumes the following responsibilities and functions as a registered securities association:
1. To act as a Plan Processor in accordance with Rule 613 of SEC Regulation NMS and the provisions of the CAT NMS Plan.
2. To create, operate and maintain the consolidated audit trail
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategy. I utilize these funds to protect my investments. Additionally, public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
Consider that most actively managed mutual funds available to millions of Americans through their company 401k/403b plans underperform the market. Yet there are no special
The FINRA plan opposes my right to decide which public equities, bonds and funds to buy and is giving regulators that power over me.
I oppose the FINRA plan and want to maintain me current freedom to invest in securities that I choose.
During the span of employment, it’s not uncommon for two situations to arise with respect to retirement savings: the potential need to borrow from your retirement account, and a change in employer that raises the question of whether to roll your assets into a new plan or an IRA.LoansIf you need cash, you might be tempted to borrow from your employer-sponsored plan rather than applying to a bank
Proposed Rule Change to Adopt FINRA Rules 2124 (Net Transactions with Customers), 2220 (Options Communications), 4370 (Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information) and 5250 (Payments for Market Making) in the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook
