LockBit, one of the most deployed ransomware variants in recent years, continues to impact organizations across the globe, including FINRA member firms. Since November of 2023, FINRA has received reports from several member firms related to cyber incidents allegedly perpetrated by LockBit. The reported incidents varied in severity from no impact to significant disruptions in firms’ business operations. As a result, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision Program is notifying firms of the increased activity of this threat actor to heighten awareness and visibility of this risk. CAU is also providing a compilation of resources that outline effective practices firms may consider in response to this elevated risk.
Obligation of Broker-Dealers to Conduct Reasonable Investigations in Regulation D Offerings
In no way would I recommend anyone to vote to accept government restrictions on my investing. I am not a wealthy person, and I have no specialized or ultra-sophisticated trading systems. But I was able to limit the extent of my draw-downs by using ProShares Inverse funds to limit my down-side risk in both the 2000-2003 AND 2008-2009 market drops.
Government restrictions that limit my ability to
This is ridiculous. You let banks come up with ways to increase their monopolies and punish the retail investor? Why, because you can't punish the banks? This is the most anti-capitalist thing I've ever seen in America and it's happening under Biden, not Trump. There is no defense of this greater than the blame shared by unchecked big banks and hedge funds. Truly one of
Risk and reward go together in Free Enterprise. The responsibility to understand risk and then willingness to engage are an individual's prerogative. Those of us who are educated, responsible, and recognize the downside should be allowed to invest in leveraged funds. I am somewhat offended that people who don't understand the risk "cry foul" when they don
I, not regulators, should be able to choose public investments that are right for me. Why is it that investors such as Bill Hwang have access to unlimited amounts of leveraged derivatives through banks? How exactly is that fair to individual investors? This proposal will deprive individual investors of access to tooling that fund managers such as Hwang have access to and used to make substantial
The very fabric of America's growth and wealth (much of the wealth is given to almost the whole world) has been based on the ability of the average American Citizen to exercise his/her right to decide what is proper and acceptable for them to do, barring illegal acts under our Constitution and State Laws. The idea that we need someone (a regulator) to oversee our investment choices (
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Remarks by Executive Vice President Thomas M. Selman at the IRI Government, Legal and Regulatory Conference
For far too long the stock market has been tilted/manipulated in favor of Wall Street. The issue is naked short selling. Despite being made illegal after the 2008–2009 financial crisis, naked shorting continues to happen because of loopholes in rules and discrepancies between paper and electronic trading systems. More often than you think great companies such as Clover Health. Clover Health was
