Hi, Please solve all the [REDACTED] regarding naked short sales, darkpools, FTD's, short ladder attacks, marketmakes and hedgefunds beeing owned by the same entities and so on. There needs to be proper punishment not just a slap on the wrist 12 years later with a fine that represents lunch money. The entirety of the US financial system is being dragged through the mud, the trust, reliability
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend the effective date of the temporary amendments set forth in SR-FINRA-2020-026 from December 31, 2020, to April 30, 2021. Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the administration of FINRA qualification examinations at test centers, SR-
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State participation in CRD Phase II, the Form BD (Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration) and Form BDW (Uniform Request for Broker-Dealer Withdrawal) processing phase of the CRD system will begin
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend the FINRA Rule 6800 Series, FINRA’s compliance rule (“Compliance Rule”) regarding the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the “CAT NMS Plan” or “Plan”) to be consistent with certain exemptions from the
FINRA Requests Comment on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Its Rule on Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information
GeneralDo Rules 5110, 5121 and 2310 (the “Corporate Financing Rules”) apply to Regulation A offerings?Yes. Rule 5110(a)(2) requires all public offerings, with limited exceptions as provided in Rule 5110(h), to be filed with FINRA. Regulation A+ offerings are public offerings subject to the Corporate Financing Rules. A member must comply with Rule 5121 (Public Offerings of Securities with
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I am writing because I oppose the restrictions being sought on my right to invest or anyone's right to invest in any public investment funds as they are intended to be public. These funds should remain available to the public and not made restricted to the privileged. It is not difficult to understand public investment funds and their risks, such as with leveraged
By Bill St. Louis, Executive Vice President and Head of FINRA EnforcementFINRA Enforcement works on the front lines of investor protection. This blog post discusses some of the key objectives that drive this critical work.First, some brief background about FINRA and the role Enforcement plays as part of a multi-faceted regulatory program.FINRA helps ensure that everyone can participate
Whereas Federal bureaucrats ought not restrict the rights of citizens to participate freely in financial markets,
whereas I, not distant technocrats to whom I am a mere data point, ought to choose which investments are correct for me and my current investing situation / strategy,
whereas I should be able to access any investment or type of publicly traded security without capricious and arbitrary
I have been investing since 1998. The first time I placed a trade it cost $75 to place the trade over a phone. I don't wish to go back to those days. Nor do I want regulators telling me what I can and can't invest in or require me to pass a test to demonstrate my knowledge. I have invested in both leveraged and inverse funds. Inverse funds are especially useful for hedging.
