Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend the expiration date of the temporary amendments set forth in SR-FINRA-2020-015 and SR-FINRA-2020-027 from March 31, 2022, to July 31, 2022.
There is no higher priority for FINRA than protecting senior investors from financial exploitation. Thus, every year we bring dozens of enforcement actions against brokers who harm senior investors, either through fraud schemes, conversion, churning of accounts, or otherwise. In this post, I want to highlight one pattern we have seen with increasing frequency in which certain brokers have
FINRA is issuing this Notice to remind member firms of their supervisory obligations under FINRA Rules 3110 (Supervision) and 3120 (Supervisory Control System) if they hold or transact in customer accounts owned by municipal entities or obligated persons (municipal clients), as defined in Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), and participate in investment-related
I spent over 10 yrs in the financial sector. Investing and helping others do so to prepare for the future. Preventing individuals from taking risk with great return potential because they have less money than wealthier investors, will only keep them from becoming wealthier. You will be surpressing people who are working towards fulfilling their pursuit of happiness, as guaranteed by our
Leveraged and Inverse fund are very important tools. They are not hard to understand. More important, they are necessary tools that enable me to maintain financial security at a cost I deem to be very reasonable. I oppose any restrictions on my right to invest. Full Disclosure; YES. Restrictions; NO. They are unnecessary and seem to be designed to force me to hire a professional to invest, which
As a recently retired investment professional, I believe clients (including myself) have the right to freely select investments, (no matter how complex) and not be subject to the restrictions of FINRA's potential regulations. It is the financial professional's responsibility and within the compliance guidelines of their associated clearing/ brokerage firm to make sure the
As an investor I should have every right to invest in any equity or security of my choosing, free of any restrictions. Requiring additional paperwork to prove a certain net worth or financial competency is discriminatory and imposes undue burdens on my personal liberties as a member of the free market. It is my risk alone to invest in products such as leveraged exchange-traded funds, and thus
Individual choice to invest in the securities that an individual considers the best for their financial well-being should be respected.
Leveraged and inverse funds can be an important part of one's strategy - let the individual decide, not the regulators.
High net worth individuals already have access to such products; why deny the same right to low net worth individuals?
Respect for
To whom it may concern,
Ive been retired for 5 years. Ive also been trading leveraged funds for more than 20 years. Theyve become an important part of my financial plan.
Taking away my ability to trade these funds makes no sense in a free market country like ours.
I cant emphasize enough about how strongly I feel about this freedom.
I strongly oppose additional regulations on my freedom to invest in products I find suitable to my financial plans. As products that are offered to to public already have to meet many standards and regulations, adding additional restrictions limit my freedoms of choice. With increasing market volatility, investment choices should be expanded, NOT restricted. Do not approve additional
