To whom it may concern,
I request you do NOT add new requirements or restrictions to those funds deemed "complex." The term itself can be vague at best and requiring consumers to jump through arbitrary hoops still doesn't reduce the risk of harm in any way, but it could potentially exclude individuals from benefiting from their added diversification.
As a recent
Hi,
I would like to express my opinions on Regulatory Notice #22-08:
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How do members categorize products as complex? Have firms implemented categories or tiers of complex products and, if so, how have firms determined such tiers? What types of products have recently been introduced that should be viewed as complex? Does our description of characteristics that render a product complex continue
I write to you in strong opposition to the proposed rule changes to which this public comment refers. I understand and applaud FINRA's desire to protect consumers - however I must insist you find a different way to do it. Simply restricting my access as an individual investor to a broad range of investments doesn't serve to protect me - it serves to drive my investing into
I strongly oppose SEC proposed rule #S7-24-15. My wife and I both have most of our life savings invested in IRAs, both traditional and Roth, with Fidelity Investments. A small but significant portion of our portfolio is currently in the ETF BITO. We were forced to use that ETF because we are not permitted by government regulations to directly own Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency in our IRAs, a
FINRA Board, This is a major regulatory overreach. I would hope that this rule regarding individual investors' access to "complex" investments was proposed with the best of intentions - to protect investors from tking on unnecessary risk. But it is not up to you to determine the level of risk that an individual investor is willing to take on - it is up to the investor, and the
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