Dear FINRA: I'm a long term buy & hold retail investor of leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs.) I am a significant shareholder of ProShare's ETF "UPRO" at owning 0.01% of all outstanding shares, and of Direxion's "TMF" owning 0.07% of all outstanding shares. If you were to consider me an institution, I'd be rank #12 of ownership in terms of shares
The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to Rules 2520 and 2522 that will revise the margin requirements to: (1) expand the types of short options positions that would be considered "covered" in a cash account, specifically, certain short positions that are components of limited risk spread strategies, provided
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Fairness of markups and markdowns charged by members in principal equity transactions with customers has become an increasingly important
The Fractional Shares: Reporting and Order Handling section of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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This data provides comprehensive information on to-be-announced (TBA) securities that traded within the past 10 years. A TBA security is effectively a contract to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities on a specific date.
No member shall make an offer to buy from or sell to any person any security at a stated price unless such member is prepared to purchase or sell, as the case may be, at such price and under such conditions as are stated at the time of such offer to buy or sell.
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.01 Firmness of Quotations. Members and persons
For purposes of the Rule 11890 Series, the terms of a transaction are “clearly erroneous” when there is an obvious error in any term, such as price, number of shares, or other unit of trading, or identification of the security.
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.01 Refusal to Abide by Rulings. It shall be considered conduct inconsistent with just and equitable principles
(a) Transfer Books Open
A certificate in the name of a corporation or an institution, or in a name with official designation shall be a good delivery only if the statement "Proper papers for transfer filed by assignor" is placed on the assignment and signed by the transfer agent.
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