I am new a new retail investor and came in with great confidence thinking that I was investing in a fail market only to find out that these hedge funds are allowed these fraudulent and predatory behaviors like dark pools, shorting and kick backs for payment order flow which is plain robbery and nothing has been done to stop this. Retail investor want for best execution which is best available
As a retail investor i’m strongly in favour if these changes to the gathering and publishing of data regarding short positions and the regulation of options based synthetic-share creation. These rules are a strong step forward in protecting the interests of everyday shareholders, those who invest the most, and have the most to lose when abuse, corruption, malfeasance, or negligence are allowed to
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No member or person associated with a member may offer or threaten to withhold shares it allocates of a new issue as consideration or inducement for the receipt of compensation that is excessive in relation to the services provided by the member.
(b) Spinning
(1) No member or person associated with a member may allocate shares of a new issue to any account in which
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As a registered representative, financial advisor and personal investor I would sincerely hope that I am never prohibited from using these funds in the future. If you want to ad investor education and or disclosures, so be it. But please do NOT reduce the availability of such products. As a rule of thumb, my firm does not permit the solicitation of these vehicles in my position. As for my own
Anything that could be done to increase simplicity in the rule book would be a huge benefit to the market. I AM NOT SAYING TO DECREASE REGULATION: I am advocating for an increase of regulation with incredibly simple language so that it is accessible to anyone. OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE THE UTMOST AND ULTIMATE PARADIGM. Increase transparency on all positions, real and synthetic, long,
FINRA regulators: Please do not add additional regulation to leveraged and inverse funds as proposed in rule #S7-24-15: Why? 1. These are ALREADY public products APPROVED by the SEC and INCLUDE clear risk warnings. Why impose higher hurdles that would PRECLUDE my ability to use these products. I am specifically concerned about the condition to demonstrate high net worth as I am a small investor.
SEC Proposed Rule #S7-24-15 I vehemently oppose restrictions to my right to invest in public investments. I am able to chose the public investments that are right for me and discuss with financial advisor as needed. These investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. There shouldnt be any special process like passing a test before investing in public securities
It is incredibly important to have a financial system be transparent, secure, and fair. I believe that this proposal aids in the effort to produce a more transparent go coal system. Many new investors will be put off from investing in the stock market without these transparency rules. Many people, myself included, see the current system as unbalanced and rife with the exploitation of retail
FINRA and ISG Extend Effective Date for Certain Electronic Blue Sheet Data Elements
