TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The National Association of Securities Dealers ("Association" or "NASD") is publishing for comment by members and all other interested persons a proposed rule which would establish new requirements for the private securities transactions of persons associated with member firms. The rule would replace in its entirety the
By Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision, FINRA
As a self-regulatory organization, FINRA is uniquely positioned to engage with member firms to understand their business models and provide them with timely, actionable insights and information. As part of FINRA Forward, FINRA is working to enhance how we support member firm compliance to better protect investors and safeguard markets, including strengthening the constructive feedback loop from FINRA’s regulatory programs to our member firms. Sharing information gathered through our regulatory programs can help member firms improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their compliance capabilities, understand how their compliance programs compare to other firms, and potentially avoid issues that might otherwise develop into compliance failures.
What is the purpose of this change? It seems that this change is to benefit institutional investors by restricting retail investors access to complex products. Leveraged and inverse ETFs are incredibly important to my trading strategy and would be detrimental to my portfolio to remove or limit my access to these products. These are important protections and funds available to continue growing my
I should be able to invest in the public investments that are available. There should be not any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities.
I use leveraged and inverse funds to hedge my portfolio in volatile market. It is very important to me to have the leveraged and inverse funds available to investors like me. I do not want to sell all the stocks in my
I feel strongly that FINRA's proposed rule (#22-08) is incorrectly applies 'investor protection' as FINRA's stated purpose is, specifically with regard to leveraged and inverse products. As a user of such products, were these rules implemented, I would be forced to potentially re-create the same sort of exposure on my own which is a far greater risk to my own
Comments: As a retail trader, I find that L&I funds provide adequate exposure to investment instruments of which I am seeking to trade. Traders exposed to these instruments understand and accept the risks L&I funds provide: understanding whether the fund is optioned short or long and as to how much exposure (1x, 2x, 3x). Utilizing these trading instruments are no different than
I truly feel that this new regulation would severely damage any investor that is interested in securing his or her financial future.
Cryptocurrency is the one financial vehicle that is not only affordable to ANY investor regardless of the amount of wealth they may have but that can change an investors financial status overnight.
It is no more risky, than any stock an investor may buy or trade
2014 Annual Audit, FOCUS, Form Custody, Supplemental Statement of Income (SSOI) and Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) Report Filing Due Dates
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to make technical and other non-substantive changes within FINRA rules.
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Trade Reporting Obligations Relating to Customer Sales of Low-Value OTC Equity Securities
