(a) The panel must dismiss an arbitration or a claim at the joint request of the parties to that arbitration or claim. The dismissal will be with or without prejudice, depending on the request of the parties.
(b) The panel may dismiss a claim or an arbitration:
• Upon motion of a party under Rule 12206; or
• On its own initiative under Rule
(a) The panel must dismiss an arbitration or a claim at the joint request of the parties to that arbitration or claim. The dismissal will be with or without prejudice, depending on the request of the parties.
(b) The panel may dismiss a claim or an arbitration:
• Upon motion of a party under Rule 13206; or
• On its own initiative under Rule
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FINRA360 is an effort through which FINRA is conducting a comprehensive self-evaluation and organizational improvement initiative to ensure that FINRA is operating as the most effective self-regulatory organization (SRO) it can be, working to protect investors and promote market integrity in a manner that supports strong and vibrant capital markets. In March 2017, as part of the FINRA360
information needs to be accurately and timely reported-- period. That information is lagging is a joke-- that people charge to provide this lagging information is shameful. There should be no platform one has over another. That there is-- is evidence money buys influence -- this is a country of laws.. unless it is in the financial world. The markets are a free for all for those that control,
Let me begin by stating I believe the apparent inability to administer existent provisions regarding shorting and naked shorting demonstrates a gaping hole in the system. FINRA and all related regulatory bodies have ignored the scams played by the hedge funds in hiding their activities as well as permitting a hedge fund to be the major market maker in a security they intend to pummel and drive
The market rules need an overhaul. Penalties for failure to return shares should be steeper base on how much you're shorting. If someone shorting a stock for 100k, a ten thousand dollars fine seems reasonable. But if I'm shorting the stock by millions or billions they shouldn't be paying 10k for breaking the rules.. matter of fact they should not be breaking the rules in the first
I got into WBSI for 5.15 on 02/04/2021. 20 shares. It went to $10 feb 8th. It dropped to $2.00 over the next couple months. There was supposed to be a merger/name change which took place but during this time stock dropped to .35 low. The volume for this stock is weird that it has no volume for days at a time sometimes. But let it be the 15th or end of month and there will be volume. Anyway, there
With all due respect "reporting" is a small part of the shorting problem. While I support more immediate reporting requirements, the issue is naked shorting, mislabeling of shorts (as longs), and other shorting malfeasance being used by market makers (i.e. Citadel and Virtu) to manipulate market prices and destroy market integrity. Fines are also the biggest joke. Citadel has been fined
