I express my disapproval of the possible restriction on the ability to invest by myself, it has been a fundamental advance for me to know that I am capable of planning my financial future while learning along the way about how to make my investment systems more efficient. I have been able to empower myself as well as my children, family and friends to learn and apply financial knowledge in asset
I oppose limitations on leveraged an inverse products.
These products are an important part of my portfolio and are useful tools for securing my long-term financial security.
Furthermore, these don't represent an outsized risk compared to idiosyncratic risk associated with investing in (or short-sellijg) individual stocks -- yet they already carry an *abundantly clear* warning --
Sirs, As a 35+ year registered Democrat I have come to realize my choice of parties has become nothing more than the nanny state writ large. My god, how stupid do you think people are, that they can't decide for themselves to invest/speculate/gamble in whatever they want, without YOU, unelected and overpaid officious elitists, telling us you're here to protect us from ourselves. I am
FINRA is sharing the following common practices we observed while conducting Reg BI preparedness reviews and other ongoing conversations with firms. We hope this helps firms assess their Reg BI initiatives and continue their work preparing for the compliance date.
Lisa Horrigan is Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for FINRA Market Regulation and Transparency Services (MRTS). Ms. Horrigan oversees a broad range of operational, regulatory and business planning activities for MRTS. She also advises and provides strategic support and direction to the Executive Vice President and senior leadership team to further enhance the department’s regulatory
Sec. 3. The Board may employ or authorize the employment and prescribe the powers and duties of such agents and employees as it deems necessary or advisable. The employment and compensation of such agents and employees shall be at the pleasure of the Board, provided that such determinations are not inconsistent with the requirements of the Delegation Plan. Except as provided in Article
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FINRA is alerting firms to a recently identified vulnerability in Apache Log4J software, which is an open-source, Java-based logging utility widely used by enterprise applications and cloud services. The “Log4Shell” vulnerability presents risk for member firms because they may be using this software in internal applications, or the software may be embedded in third-party software
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to extend temporary Supplementary Material .17 (Temporary Relief to Allow Remote Inspections for Calendar Year 2020 and Calendar Year 2021) under FINRA Rule 3110 (Supervision) to include calendar year 2022 inspection obligations through June
As previously announced beginning Monday, September 9, 2024, FINRA will introduce a new protocol to the TRACE Corporate and Agency Data feeds.
Protecting investors means protecting their data, too. Our Small Firm Cybersecurity Checklist supports small firms in establishing a cybersecurity program to:Identify and assess cybersecurity threats;Protect assets from cyber intrusions;Detect when their systems and assets have been compromised;Plan for the response when a compromise occurs; andImplement a plan to recover lost, stolen or
