As the financial industry continues to evolve, it's important to stay ahead of emerging risks and trends. On this episode of FINRA Unscripted, we sit down with the leaders of FINRA's new Strategic Intelligence and Analytics team to discuss how they are working to identify and analyze these industry developments.
Arbitrators are the triers of fact in FINRA arbitrations and they have great authority and wide latitude to decide matters as they see fit. Arbitrators must be, and appear to be, ethical, unbiased and neutral. In this section, you will find the resources and guidelines to achieve these goals.On This PageCode of Ethics for ArbitratorsDisclosure RequirementsDisqualification Criteria10 Best
Firm Made Misrepresentations to Customers and Violated Reg BI as well as FINRA’s Suitability and Supervision RulesWASHINGTON—FINRA announced today that it has expelled broker-dealer SW Financial for multiple violations, including making misrepresentations to customers in its sales of private placement offerings of pre-initial public offering (pre-IPO) securities, churning customer
Firm Violated Reg BI, Excessively Traded, and Churned Numerous Customer Accounts, Including Those of Gold Star FamiliesWASHINGTON—FINRA announced today that it has expelled Monmouth Capital Management for churning and excessively trading customer accounts in violation of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), failing to supervise its representatives, and providing false and misleading disclosures to
Updated as of January 30, 2025FINRA believes that it is appropriate, after a reasonable period of time, to look back at its significant rulemakings to determine whether a FINRA rule or rule set is meeting its intended investor protection objectives by reasonably efficient means, particularly in light of environmental, industry and market changes. These retrospective reviews look at
FINRA disciplinary actions for the month of February 2025. See which firms and individuals were fined, suspend or barred. Learn how to stay compliant.