TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
BACKGROUND
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended its customer protection rule (Rule 15c3-3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with repurchase (repo) agreements with customers when the broker-dealer retains custody of any securities subject to these agreements.
The amendments become effective January 31,
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Executive Summary
On January 7, 1997, in Release No. 34-38132, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved NASD® rules permitting the quotation of Direct Participation Programs (DPPs or limited partnerships) in the OTC Bulletin Board® Service (OTCBB) and requiring all
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On June 30, 1988, the maximum Small Order Execution System (SOES) order size for all Nasdaq National Market System (Nasdaq/NMS) securities was established as follows:
A 1,000-share maximum order size was applied to those Nasdaq/NMS
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As a smaller investor (net worth <$1,000,000), I find that there is great value in being able to trade with a leveraged product. By using a leveraged product that does not require me to use personal margin, I can keep myself debt free, use a leveraged product, obtain the benefit of either rising or falling markets, and hedge long or short. I trade and focus on the S&P 500 only.
Once again, I have been Informed by ProShares that further restrictions are being considered on leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. As I stated previously, these are among the best vehicles available in the market. I have made my living as an individual investor since February 1980. As I also stated, I have now used these vehicles for more than a decade and they have been consistently
The proposals put forward are a solution in search of a problem. Leave Retail Investors alone. Retail Investors do not want, nor do we need, your "protection". Government regulation already restricts the general public from certain investments with the accredited investor rules, we do not need additional prohibitions placed upon us. It is difficult for me to believe that there
Applicability of Rule 2510(d) to the use of negative response letters to transfer customer funds from money market mutual funds to interest bearing bank accounts.
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is, consistent with SEA Rule 10c-1a, filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt new FINRA Rule 7720 (Securities Lending and Transparency Engine (SLATE™)) to establish securities loan reporting fees and securities loan data products with associated fees in connection with FINRA’s
