Conflicts of interest can arise in any relationship where a duty of care or trust exists between two or more parties, and, as a result, are widespread across the financial services industry. While the existence of a conflict does not, per se, imply that harm to one party’s interests will occur, the history of finance is replete with examples of situations where financial institutions did not
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The NASD requests comments on proposed amendments to Article III,
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Changes to Qualification Examination Fees and New Service Charge for Regulatory Element Continuing Education Sessions Taken Outside the United States
The Books and Records topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
(a) A member shall, at or before the completion of any transaction in any security effected for or with an account of a customer, give or send to such customer written notification ("confirmation") in conformity with the requirements of SEA Rule 10b-10.
(b) A confirmation given or sent pursuant to this Rule shall further disclose:
(1) with respect to any transaction in any NMS stock,
For more than two centuries, the securities industry in the United States has been governed by private arrangements to regulate business conduct—membership organizations that set rules for their members, and then hold members accountable if they break the rules.The earliest such “self-regulatory organizations”—or SROs—date to the 1790s, when groups of traders in New York and Philadelphia agreed
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rule Governing Reporting Requirements; Comment Period Expired: January 16, 2009
(a) Supervisory SystemEach member shall establish and maintain a system to supervise the activities of each associated person that is reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations, and with applicable FINRA rules. Final responsibility for proper supervision shall rest with the member. A member's supervisory system shall provide, at a minimum, for
- Many of the leverage etfs, specially those which represents the broader market, such as UDOW (3x Dow Jones etf), have a long term upward movement and can be held long term if investors can stomach the volatility. Meaning if investor held them, they would have been rewarded. If you ignore the most recent downturn, UDOW since inception had an upward movement and rewarded investors more than 15
