The Best Execution section of the 2022 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) relevant regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) exam findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
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NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to solicit
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The SEC has approved amendments to Schedule E to the NASD By-Laws governing the public offering of securities issued by a member, the parent of a member, or an affiliate of a member. With the exception of an exemption from Schedule E for investment grade securities, eollateralized by financing instruments, the remaining changes
<p>The expansion of the NASD's sales practice authority over group variable contracts in August 1996 requires that broker/dealers apply NASD rules to all their sales of group variable contracts, including pre-August 1996 variable contracts. Thus, broker/dealers who had not set up record-keeping procedures for pre-August 1996 contracts must now do so.<br/></p>
I have been investing in the stock market for more than twenty-five years. When I invested in individual securities in my early investment years, I wasn't successful at all. After switching to the first ETF, then only leveraged ETFs, my success in investment improved drastically. Eliminating the leveraged ETFs from the choices of investment vehicles is the wrong decision. If the leveraged
Summary
FINRA is issuing this Notice to remind firms of their obligations when submitting step-outs to FINRA. While step-out submissions are voluntary and not required by rule, if firms elect to use a FINRA equity trade reporting facility to step out of a previously reported trade, they must comply with applicable trade reporting requirements.
Questions regarding this Notice may be directed to
(a) Criteria for Receiving and Excluding Evidence
The Hearing Officer shall receive relevant evidence, and may exclude all evidence that is irrelevant, immaterial, unduly repetitious, or unduly prejudicial.
(b) Objections
Objections to the admission or exclusion of evidence shall be made on the record and shall succinctly state the grounds relied upon. Excluded material shall be
(a) Except as provided in Rule 12211, no party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may communicate with any arbitrator outside of a scheduled hearing or conference regarding an arbitration unless all parties or their representatives are present.
(b) No party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may send or give any written motion, request, submission or other materials directly to
(a) Except as provided in Rule 13211, no party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may communicate with any arbitrator outside of a scheduled hearing or conference regarding an arbitration unless all parties or their representatives are present.
(b) No party, or anyone acting on behalf of a party, may send or give any written motion, request, submission or other materials directly to
It does not make any sense to create legislation to make investing more exclusive, especially if it rules out the very people you espouse to "protect". The last thing we the people want from FINRA is to make investing yet more of an exclusive club for the elites. It is honestly disgusting that you are pursuing legislation in this domain given the glaring issues which have come
