Public Governor
Retired
Governor Since 2015
Committees: Finance, Operations & Technology Committee, Investment Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee, Regulatory Oversight Committee, Regulatory Policy Committee
Professional Experience
Visiting Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University (2016 – present)
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of
Industry Governor (Investment Company Affiliate)
President of Personal Investing, Fidelity Investments
Governor Since 2015
Committees: Executive Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee (Chair), Regulatory Policy Committee
Professional Experience
President of Personal Investing, Fidelity Investments (2009 – present)
CEO, Various Positions, ING U.S. Wealth Management (
Industry Governor (Mid-size Firm Representative)
Co-Founder and President, Kovack Securities
Governor Since 2015
Committees: Nominating & Governance Committee, Regulatory Policy Committee
Professional Experience
Co-Founder and President, Kovack Securities (1997 – present)
FINRA District 7 Committee Member (2012 – 2014)
FINRA Regulatory Advisory Committee Member
Number
Date
Title
2022-85
May 20, 2022
SEC Charges Wells Fargo Advisors with Anti-Money Laundering Related Violations
SEC Order
2022-83
May 16, 2022
SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Pre-IPO Stock Fraud Scheme by Unregistered Broker-Dealer
SEC Complaint
2022-1
January 5, 2022
SEC Charges Additional Defendant in Phony
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FINRA’s highest priority when it identifies misconduct is to
The only thing many people know about money laundering is what they’ve learned from Hollywood. So if you want to really understand what money laundering is, and more specifically, the efforts brokerage firms must take to prevent and detect it, tune in. On this episode we talk to two of FINRA’s Anti-Money Laundering experts.
Summary
Several member firms have recently notified FINRA that they have been victims of imposter websites—which are sites designed to mimic a firm’s actual website with the end goal of committing financial fraud. This Notice outlines steps firms can take to monitor for imposter websites and what to do if an imposter website is found.
Questions concerning this Notice should be directed to:
Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, enacted in 2012, contains key provisions relating to securities offered or sold through crowdfunding.
This page provides information and resources for crowdfunding intermediaries that, pursuant to Title III of the JOBS Act, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding and FINRA's rules for funding portals, register with the SEC as
(a) Alternative Trading Systems' Recording Requirements
(1) Each alternative trading system that accepts orders for security futures (as defined in Section 3(a)(55) of the Exchange Act) shall record each item of information described in paragraph (b) of this Rule. For purposes of this Rule, the term "order" includes a broker-dealer's proprietary quotes that are
