In response to request for comment: Current, licensing requirements for real estate capital transactions (e.g., private debt and equity placements, M&A, and Sales) are too numerous (e.g., SIE, S63, S22, S79, and S82), overlapping, time consuming, and do very little to protect investors (Accredited Investors and Institutions). This is further compounded by additional licensing requirements
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) proposed changes to the Private Placement Filer Form (“Filer Form”) that members complete when submitting private placement filings under FINRA Rules 5122 (Private Placements of Securities Issued by Members) or 5123 (Private Placements of Securities).
Hi, Please solve all the [REDACTED] regarding naked short sales, darkpools, FTD's, short ladder attacks, marketmakes and hedgefunds beeing owned by the same entities and so on. There needs to be proper punishment not just a slap on the wrist 12 years later with a fine that represents lunch money. The entirety of the US financial system is being dragged through the mud, the trust, reliability
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to amend FINRA Rules 0180, 4120, 4210, 4220, 4240 and 9610 to clarify the application of its rules to security-based swaps (“SBS”) following the SEC’s completion of its rulemaking regarding SBS dealers (“SBSDs”) and major SBS participants (“
This notification is to warn member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails purporting to be from FINRA and using the domain name “@rfs-finra.org”.
Dear Sirs:
I invest via a systematic quarterly plan that utilizes leveraged ETFs. I know what I am doing. Correct use of these leveraged products is a key part of my financial plan.
Leveraged funds are important to me. They improve my performance over the long term. I am not engaged in reckless trading, I understand the effect of daily magnification of an indexs price movement, and benefit from
Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Dissemination of Transactions in TRACE-Eligible Securities that are Effected Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144A
Executive Summary
This Notice advises broker-dealers engaged in the business of agency securities lending that the Agency Lending Disclosure Taskforce (Industry Taskforce), composed of, among others, representatives of the securities industry, regulators, and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has recommended, through its Agency Lending Disclosure Initiative, certain
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
I took the the Financial Program and it did not help. The broker intercedes and advises on all vehicles I trade.
For years I have timed and learned the markets.
It only comes from experience in testing and not some education program. It is trying different vehicles then testing for knowing how they work
Regulations do not protect the beginner and what test can any one come up with to compete with