Dear Finra, My name is Kevin, as a retail investor the only thing I personally request in behalf of all retail traders is a fair market. Meaning no manipulation of stocks, naked short selling of stocks that are not even of existence. I have come to realize that none of these illegal practices are being taken in to consideration as far as correction. Hedge funds have been doing this for years and
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA Rule 4210 (Margin Requirements)
Leveraged and Inverse funds play an important role in managing my clients aum. I use them to hedge in down markets like the one we are currently experiencing. I understand their role in an overall investment approach. I use these funds only under specific circumstances and only with high networth clients.
I need these alternatives in order to provide the most complete range of services to help my
FINRA released a new edition of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications dated March 15, 2010. The changes described in this edition of the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications will be available in the OATS Production environment on April 26, 2010 and will be available in the OATS Certificate Test environment on April 12, 2010.
GUIDANCE
Alignment of NASD Rules with Regulation NMS
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Registered Representatives
Senior Management
Systems
Trading
ADF Trading Centers
Alternative Display Facility (ADF)
Regulation NMS
Trade Reporting
Executive Summary
On September 28, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(Commission or SEC) approved
(a) No member shall permit a customer to engage in extended hours trading unless the member has furnished to the customer, individually, in paper or electronic form, a disclosure statement highlighting the risks specific to extended hours trading. In addition, any member that permits customers either to open accounts on-line in which such customer may engage in extended hours trading or to
(a) This rule provides procedures under which parties and arbitrators may communicate directly.
(b) Only parties that are represented by counsel may use direct communication under this rule. If, during the proceeding, a party chooses to appear without counsel, this rule shall no longer apply.
(c) All arbitrators and all parties must agree to the use of direct communication during the
(a) Parties may not submit documents to arbitrator(s) in cases that have been closed except under the following limited circumstances:
(1) as ordered by a court;
(2) at the request of any party within 10 days of service of an award or notice that a matter has been closed, for typographical or computational errors, or mistakes in the description of any person or property referred to in
(a) This rule provides procedures under which parties and arbitrators may communicate directly.
(b) Only parties that are represented by counsel may use direct communication under this rule. If, during the proceeding, a party chooses to appear without counsel, this rule shall no longer apply.
(c) All arbitrators and all parties must agree to the use of direct communication during the Initial
