Haimera Workie, Vice President and Head of Financial innovation, oversees the Office of Financial Innovation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading FINRA’s Office of Financial Innovation, which focuses on analyzing financial technology (FinTech) innovations and emerging risks and trends related to the securities market. As part of these responsibilities, Mr. Workie works to foster an
Thank you for considering these changes and taking an interest in retail investor opinions about them. I will keep it brief. First, it is no secret that stock shorting has become a practice that works in a way that is predatory to American businesses. Second, with decades of deregulation within financial markets the people who do engage in the more predatory forms of shorting have used antiquated
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FINRA 21-19 is something that our "free and fair" markets desperately need. For too long, retail investors like myself have been kept in the dark. It has become more clear than ever that our markets are teetering on a sword's edge due to a lack of transparency and accountability. - Account-level Position Information: Alternatively, FINRA is considering requiring firms to report (
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As a retail investor, it is very clear and evidenced through obvious stock price manipulation that the market as it is constructed today favors the hedge funds and market makers. Put simply, retail investors want a more transparent market for everyone. Some things that would help: 1. Accurate data reported in real time (short interest, FTD, etc…). Short positions should be reported and released
While I support education about so-called 'complex' investment products, imposing restrictions on purchasing such products is not the right approach. For many years, financial products have been plagued with excessive 'legalese' -- which is the biggest barrier to investors understanding the products in which they are investing. Even the SEC is guilty of obnoxiously wordy
The political actions already by many of your member firms have had the opposite effect of diversity in the industry in which I am employed and licensed. I am a veteran but our company has chosen to close early on a non market holiday tomorrow June 18th, 2021. We don't close or close early for veterans day which is also to honor ALL of those who have served to preserve liberty, including the
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To the regulators: I'm extremely tired of gov't regulators who constantly interfere with every day citizens' freedom in every aspect of our lives. You, regulators and corrupt politicians in DC are so hungry of power and control over our daily lives. You constantly want to cram down rules and regulations on the everyday American citizens, and yet Congress, their congressional staff
