Heightened Supervision of Complex Products
SummaryLow-priced securities1 tend to be volatile and trade in low volumes. It may be difficult to find accurate information about them. There is a long history of bad actors exploiting these features to engage in fraudulent manipulations of low-priced securities. Frequently, these actors take advantage of trends and major events—such as the growth in cannabis-related businesses or the ongoing
Thank you, Kayte [Toczylowski, FINRA’s head of Member Relations and Education], and good morning, everyone. It is so wonderful to see you. I am delighted to join Kayte in welcoming you to the 2023 FINRA Annual Conference.
INFORMATIONAL
OTC Equity Securities
Effective Date: October 30, 2002
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Trading
NASD Rule 2315
OTC Equity Securities
Executive Summary
On August 22, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new NASD Rule 2315, Recommendations to Customers in OTC Equity Securities (
To whom it may concern. As a private investor, I should have the ability to choose investments that are right for me, and my family.... not the regulator!
Going through special processes such as a test BEFORE I can invest in public security such as leveraged and inverse funds, is limiting my freedom as an American citizen.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important investment strategies for me
This act is another form of financial oppression. The motives for why these ETF's are having access revoked is because the retail investor/general public can make too much money in eyes of the financial industry. They are not revoking access to protect us, the retail investors. They are revoking access to protect themselves, the financial institutions, from losing too much to retail
As prepared for delivery.
I would like to discuss with you today the important question of the appropriate standard of care for brokers and dealers or, more directly, whether the time has come to require broker-dealers, when recommending a security or strategy to retail investors, to ensure that the recommendation is in the “best interest” of the investor.
A “best interest” or “fiduciary”
This letter is to oppose each and every one of the extensive restrictions being contemplated in Regulatory Notice 22-08. The proposed rule should be revoked. It is the latest open attack on the common man’s access to the new class of leveraged products, and in so doing, it is illegal.
The original attack came from the SEC in late 2019. That proposed rule, File No. S7-24-15, which limited
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Firm Short Positions and Fails-to-Receive in Municipal Securities NEW FOR 2022
Trusted Contact Persons NEW FOR 2022
Funding Portals and Crowdfunding Offerings NEW FOR 2022
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