GUIDANCE
Corporate Debt Securities
Effective Date: June 17, 2004
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Corporate Finance
Legal and Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Technology
Trading and Market Making
Training
Debt Securities
Operations
Rule 6200 Series
TRACE Rules
Transaction Reporting
Executive Summary
The prevalence of cybersecurity incidents continues to increase at FINRA member firms. As a result of the continued proliferation of cybercrime, the Cyber and Analytics Unit (CAU) within FINRA’s Member Supervision program is issuing this advisory to highlight effective practices and considerations for member firms when responding to cyber incidents, including the benefits of voluntarily reporting information related to the incident to various entities.
Patrice Gliniecki is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. In this capacity, she manages FINRA’s Office of General Counsel’s Regulatory Practice and Policy Group, which is responsible for the rulemaking and interpretive functions for the organization. She also serves as the Chief of Staff of FINRA’s Chief Legal Office.
Prior to joining FINRA in 1999, Ms. Gliniecki worked for six
I am a private citizen and individual investor concerned about limits on leveraged and inverse. These funds are an important tool for me as they present another method of limited exposure to leverage with less downside risk than many other leveraged strategies. They are an extremely important part of my strategy as they allow for amplification of strategies that take advantage of market momentum
I have just learned from my brokers communication that FINRA is seeking public comments on restricting investors from buying a broad range of public securities designated as "complex products". I am an investor to handle my retirement accounts. It is very important for me to use as many tools as possible to protect my investments including inverse funds instruments for and
I oppose any effort to restrict access to leveraged or inverse trading tools or ETFs
I am fully capable of educating myself on the risks and I see no value to the government interference in my private investment choices.
leveraged and inverse funds play an important role in my risk management strategies.
leveraged etfs allow me to take properly hedge and balance my trading accounts and my more
Dear FINRA regulators,
I have been a professional investor for 35 years and have taught investment management to MBA students at a Tier 1 University for 20 years. During this time I have had interactions with investors at all levels of investing knowledge and experience, and believe it is imperative that all public securities remain freely available to all investors. To try and regulate who can
Dear FINRA Regulators,
I am a new investor who has benefited greatly from the variety of exchange-traded funds on the public securities market. I have seen great gains through the use of leveraged, inverse leveraged, and volatility index tracked funds. Since I understand the inherent risks of trading these funds, I firmly believe that most investors with basic knowledge can learn and understand
The Manipulative Trading topic of the 2025 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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.
