On November 8, FINRA, Deloitte and the MIT Fintech Club kicked off an innovative event aimed at leveraging fintech in service of making investors smarter and safer. The Buildathon paired industry technologists and compliance leaders with high performing technology students from MIT, Harvard and other Boston institutions for a hackathon-style competition. Teams competed in one of four challenge
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Proposed Rule Change to Codify the Extended Hours Trading Risk Disclosure Obligation as New FINRA Rule 2265
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The NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., is filing with the SEC a Notice to Members reminding members of their obligation under just and equitable principles of trade and advertising rules to disclose to customers the material risks of extended hours trading.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rule 8312 (FINRA BrokerCheck Disclosure), which governs the information FINRA releases to the public via FINRA’s BrokerCheck® tool, to exclude from release through BrokerCheck the street address of a registered location that is reported and identified to FINRA as a private residence. The proposed rule change would help address privacy and safety concerns raised by broker-dealer firms and their associated persons about the release through BrokerCheck of the full address of an associated person’s private residential registered location.
It is not fair to limit the number of tools private investors can use. Companies will continue to use available tools to get the same results to avoid these limitations, which puts private investors in unfair trading capabilities.
Per your request for Regulatory Notice 21-19 regarding Short Positions, please find my comment below. The current requirements for short sale reporting, thorough as they may seem, are woefully inadequate in terms of depth, clarity and public transparency. I'd like to take the time to address what I see as issues that clearly and with immediate care must be addressed when considering short
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