Regarding TSO- It is irresponsible to allow trading over and above the TSO. This amounts to trading synthetic shares that do not exist and allows market makers to game the system. Not having accurate and timely TSO information and control in a market where brokers have the ability to perform thousands of trades per second is unacceptable and amounts to a failure in duty. On market makers who act
In March 2004, NASD convened a panel of industry experts and investor advocates to assess the challenges facing the corporate debt market and make recommendations for possible improvements. The objective of the Corporate Debt Market Panel was to review and make recommendations to the NASD Board of Governors regarding how to best ensure market integrity and investor protection in the corporate
Dear FINRA, It has come to my attention that you are considering restrictive regulations on various final investment options that are currently offered for public investments. I am a small-time investor and do not have the same type of wealth that hedge fund and wealthy investors have so, I appreciate having the type of funds that are available today which offer various well-defined strategies.
Please leave leveraged funds alone and please don't require retail investor to jump through hoops in order to invest in leverage funds.
Those of us who invest in leverage funds understand the risks; in fact, it's why we sought them out in the first place. We are seeking higher risk in exchange for higher returns. It's really that simple. Leverage funds are really
Published January 5, 2024.Updated July 10, 2024.*On May 22, 2024,1 the requirements relating to Covered Agency Transactions, as amended pursuant to SR-FINRA-2021-010,2 went into effect. “Covered Agency Transactions,” as defined more fully under amended Rule 4210(e)(2)(H)(i)b., are (1) To Be Announced (TBA) transactions (inclusive of adjustable rate mortgage transactions) with settlement
Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to spend some time with you discussing complex products. I'm sure you know that this has been a priority for FINRA examiners. I would like to share some of what we have learned so far.
I am a small-account retail trader who frequently makes use of things like index and stock options and leveraged ETFs, and my comments are made from that admittedly limited perspective. A couple points.
1) Capital requirements are undemocratic and unjustifiable. Despite FINRA's attempts to close as many doors to the small retail trader as possible, trading remains a means to financial
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Hello I have submitted a previous comment but I wanted to include this as well. I and I'm sure others have stated there needs to be a very big regulatory body added for oversight into darkpool trading, more frequent checks on capital and sources of capital from any market maker or large organization sucks as hedge fund participating in our markets, and there needs to be a responsible party
SummaryAn efficient capital raising process fosters business expansion, job creation and economic growth. FINRA members play an important role in facilitating capital formation for businesses of all sizes. FINRA promotes the capital raising process through appropriately tailored rules for its members that are designed to promote transparency and to establish important standards of conduct for the
