On January 31, 2022, FINRA introduced the Participant Data Management System (“PDM”) which firms now use to manage access to the FINRA trade reporting facilities, including TRACE, ORF and ADF. PDM also allows firms to add, view, and modify users of the TRAQS web interface. FINRA has published several notices to remind firms to use PDM to review their TRAQS users. As a final reminder, firms are
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I have some concern regarding the FINRA regulatory Notice #22-08. Imposing such regulation on public traded securities is not only harmful but unprecedented. I think most of the retail market can agree that it is an investors right to freely access the entirety of the public securities markets
without arbitrary restrictions is a basic entitlement. Especially with the current state of the
Hello, I was saddened to hear the news of regulations that are being considered. I understand where for the concern about protecting individual investors by restricting these assets from being sold. However, I would like to bring up two things that I think are overlooked - 1. The internet 2. Technology The internet now allows investors to easily gather information about these products and become
Srongly believe the proposed regulations are: Bad for Investors. If the proposal is adopted, some investors who could benefit from the enhanced return and portfolio protection potential of leveraged and inverse funds could be prevented from buying them by an overly burdensome qualification process. Brokerage firms could even stop offering these funds altogether due to the difficulty of
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposal to Require Alternative Trading Systems to Submit Quotation Information Relating to Fixed Income Securities to FINRA for Regulatory Purposes
Executive Summary
On November 17, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Exchange Act Rule 11Ac1-5 ("Rule"), which requires "market centers" that trade national market system securities to make available standardized, monthly reports containing statistical information about "covered order" executions. The Rule is intended to promote visibility
Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education Issues Firm Element Advisory Update
Please explain to us why 50-70% of all retail transactions are going through the dark pools for AMC and GME every single day. As new investors we would like to understand how the blatant price manipulation, and lack of price discovery is considered legal by FINRA and other the other regulatory bodies. From what I have read this was not what the intended use of dark pools was for. I believe if
Warning: Rule #22-08 is currently the subject of a deceptive advertising attack. Let's play "which of these is not like the others": * Target Date Funds * Funds using cryptocurrency futures * Reverse Convertible Notes * Volatility-Linked Funds The answer is "Target Date Funds". I don't use this, I don't intend to use this; but it's an old tool that's
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted seven rules ("Rules") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requiring broker/dealers engaging in certain recommended
