FINRA has seen a recent significant spike in investor complaints resulting from recommendations made by fraudulent “investment groups” promoted through social media channels. Complaints describe bad actors, posing as registered investment advisers, who advertise “stock investment groups” on Instagram and other social media channels and then turn to encrypted group chats on WhatsApp to communicate with interested investors and pitch investments.
TO: All NASD Members and NASDAQ Subscribers
On October 5, 1983, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a rule change which will require all foreign issuers seeking inclusion in NASDAQ to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This registration requires foreign issuers to file periodic reports with the Commission similar to those filed by domestic
Hello FINRA, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. As I see it, the current US market is full of fraud, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit through their complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedge funds like Citadel and Susquehana being allowed to happen with impunity
Hello FINRA, I saw you are looking for comments on 21-19, regarding short positions. As I see it, the current US market is full of nothing but fraud, with the regulatory agencies being complicit. They are complicit through their complacency, with years of unchecked fraud and market manipulation through naked short selling by large hedgefunds like Citadel and Susquehana being allowed to happen
Hello, Hope you have nice day. I am writing you this time to make my voice be heard, I OPPOSE THE NEW RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST!!!! I believe that I should be able to choose the public investments, that I believe are right for me.Public investments should be available to ALL OF THE public, not just the privileged!! I am very much capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and
Executive Summary
The Government Securities Act Amendments of 1993 (GSAA) eliminated the statutory limitations on NASD® authority to apply sales-practice rules to transactions in exempted securities, including government securities, other than municipals. On August 20, 1996, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments implementing the expanded sales-practice authority
FINRA announced today the results of its election of two Governors to its Board of Governors. The announcement came after the Annual Meeting of FINRA firms, where Scott A. Curtis, president of Raymond James’s Private Client Group, was elected as a Large-Firm Governor, and Wendy Lanton, Chief Compliance Officer and Founding Principal of Herald & Lantern Investments, Inc., was re-elected as a Small-Firm Governor.
1. What is the single most neglected area in the field of investor education? How might this area be developed? Bar none, the most neglected area is financial planning -- investing being just one of five primary focus areas. Investment, tax, estate, insurance and retirement planning all need to be discussed and aligned with one’s life/financial goals. It can be developed by changing our mindset/
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As of February 8, 1991, the following seven issues joined Nasdaq/NMS, bringing the total number of issues to 2,554:
Symbol
Company
Date
SOES Execution Level
AHSI
ALTA Health Strategies, Inc.
1/22/91
1000
GENZW
Genzyme Corporation (Wts)
1/
A member inter-dealer quotation system (whether or not also an alternative trading system or “ATS” as defined by Rule 300(a) of SEC Regulation ATS) that permits quotation updates on a real-time basis in OTC Equity Securities must comply with the following requirements:
(a) The member inter-dealer quotation system must establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures
