A member firm may include pre-inception index performance data in institutional communications concerning registered open-end investment companies, subject to the stated conditions discussed in the letter.
Extension of Regulatory Relief
Regulatory Notice
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Referenced Rules & NoticesNYSE Rule 409Regulation NMSSEC Rule 10b-10
Suggested RoutingComplianceLegalOperationsSenior ManagementTechnology
Key Topic(s)ConfirmationsStatements of Account
PLEASE NOTE: The FINRA rulebook currently consists of both NASD Rules and certain NYSE Rules that FINRA has incorporated,
GUIDANCE
Extension of Time Requests
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KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Senior Management
Operations
Extension of Time Requests
NASD Rule 3160
Regulation T
SEC Rule 15c3-3
Executive Summary
On September 15, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new NASD Rule 3160 that requires: (1) all
GUIDANCE
Short Interest Reporting Requirements
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KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
Training
Short Interest
Rule 3360
Executive Summary
On February 3, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
approved amendments to Rule 3360 relating to the short interest
reporting
In regards for comments on 21-19 regarding short positions, here are my thoughts. * Every share should be tracked with unique identifier and should have the ability to be marked as lent out, unassigned/free, owned-lendable, or owned-not-lendable and be registered with a single central database to prevent duplication/ falsification of data. The ability to mark a share as owned-not-lendable shall
GUIDANCE
Corporate Debt Securities
Effective Date: June 1, 2005
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KEY TOPICS
Corporate Finance
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Technology
Trading and Market Making
Training
Debt Securities
Dissemination of Transaction
Information
Operations
Rule 6200 Series
TRACE Rules
INFORMATIONAL
Broker-Dealer, Investment Adviser and Individual (AG/RA) Renewals 2005
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Executive RepresentativesLegal & ComplianceOperationsRegistered RepresentativeRegistrationSenior Management
RegistrationRenewalsWeb CRD®IARDSMMaintenance Fees
Executive Summary
The 2005 NASD Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser Registration
Additional Guidance on FINRA’s New Suitability Rule
On my journey to investing in the stock market and am finding out that groups of Hedge funds have been manipulating stocks for their own and client’s personal gain. Where shorting a stock can be useful to help companies provide liquidity and entice investors, shorting companies to bankruptcy is not. In fact to bankrupt a company in order to make naked shorts disappear (and hence any
This is great and all along with all the new regulations by the SEC, DTCC, FINRA, etc. However, these regulations are toothless in nature and are either not enforced by regulators who look the other way or they impose a very minimal fine that does not affect the institutions violating the law. There are a set of rules for the retail investor then there is a set of rules for market makers and
