Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Series 27 Examination Program
Good morning. It’s great to have this opportunity to be with you today.
My colleague in Member Regulation, Sales Practice, Mike Rufino, will be talking about FINRA’s regulatory and examination priorities during the next session, so I won’t steal Mike’s thunder and tell you everything that he is going to say. Rather, I want to take a step back and take this opportunity to talk about something
(a) Authorization to Lend Customers' Margin Securities
No member shall lend securities that are held on margin for a customer and that are eligible to be pledged or loaned, unless such member shall first have obtained a written authorization from such customer permitting the lending of such securities.
(b) Requirements for Borrowing of Customers' Fully Paid or Excess Margin
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Executive Summary
On May 19, 1995, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an expansion of the Interpretation to Article III, Section 1 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice that prohibits a member firm from trading ahead of customers' limit orders in a firm's
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
An additional 10 securities will join the 880 already trading in the NASDAQ National Market System on Tuesday, May 8, 1983. (The 880 include the 50 issues scheduled to join NMS on April 17.) These securities have met the NMS mandatory designation requirements, which include an average trading volume of 600,000 shares a month for six months
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
Following is a list of NASD Notices to Members issued during the first quarter of 1983. Requests for copies of any notice should be accompanied by a self-addressed label and may be directed to: NASD Administrative Services, 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006.
Notice Number
Date
Topic
83-1
January 6, 1983
Real-Time Transaction
FINRA is concerned about the little investor using leveraged ETFs? This is not about protecting the little investors. It's about what some large investment firms want. This is the second assault on these investment products. Back in December of 2015 the SEC Chair Mary Jo White tried to rein in leveraged index funds. It's funny the concern over the individual investors when back in 1999
I am Steve Luparello, Vice Chairman of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. On behalf of FINRA, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the important issues of how markets and trading have evolved, and how we can enhance the information regulators receive to ensure market integrity and the protection of investors.
FINRA is conducting a review of firm practices related to the acquisition of customers through social media channels and how firms manage their obligations related to information collected from those customers and other individuals that may provide data to firms. Please note that each item requested is specific to the subsection header.
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