The Variable Annuities 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.
Each member carrying securities margin accounts for customers (as such term is defined in Rule 4210(a)(3)) shall make a record each day of every case in which, pursuant to FINRA rules or Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, initial or additional margin must be obtained in a customer's account in such format as FINRA may require. The record shall show, for
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On March 24, 1997, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its approval Amendment No. 4 to proposed NASD® Rule 2350, which specifies requirements applicable to broker/
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend the Codes of Arbitration Procedure to make various clarifying and technical changes to the Codes, including in response to recommendations in the report of independent counsel Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
I am opposed to new rules regarding leveraged and inverse ETFs. I am a seasoned investor and conduct my own research. You should not be babysitting myself or my portfolio. There is plenty of information available already for the public to read and decide for themselves. You are stepping over the line in making this judgement that individuals need monitoring.
The cost of any bureaucracy to
Proposed Rule Change to Revise the Series 4 Examination Program
I've invested in closed-end municipal bond and infrastructure mutual funds for 30-years that use a small amount of leverage to enhance performance. They give me much better and more stable returns than any government bond without the individual stock risk of owning only a few individual stocks. Your new rule would not only potentially lock me out of investing in what I want, totally
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