I am a small-account retail trader who frequently makes use of things like index and stock options and leveraged ETFs, and my comments are made from that admittedly limited perspective. A couple points.
1) Capital requirements are undemocratic and unjustifiable. Despite FINRA's attempts to close as many doors to the small retail trader as possible, trading remains a means to financial
By Kara Williams and Gargi Sharma
FINRA’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) anticipates continuing our focus on Russia-related sanctions and evasion tactics, as well as other priority threats such as new account fraud, reporting of cyber-events and cyber-enabled fraud, market manipulation and trading-related frauds and Ponzi schemes. While SIU will focus our investigative resources on these
In FINRA staff’s survey of quantum computing use cases, several firms indicated that they are examining how they can benefit from quantum computers when conducting various activities, including trade execution, portfolio management, risk assessments and fraud detection.34 Additional firms indicated to FINRA that they are assessing the potential risk quantum computers may pose to current
This Guidance assists member firms with continuing membership applications (CMAs) as part of the implementation of a succession plan or an exit from the broker-dealer securities business (which may or may not be connected to a succession plan).
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RE: Comment on FINRA Regulatory Notice 25-05: Outside Activities RequirementsTo Whom It May Concern:We appreciate the opportunity to comment on FINRA Regulatory Notice 25-05, which proposes a new rule to streamline and reduce unnecessary burdens regarding existing requirements addressing the outside activities of member firms' associated persons. As a FINRA member firm with registered
FINRA announced today that it has promoted Omer Meisel to Executive Vice President of the National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection Program (NCFC), effective October 2.
August 7, 2006
NASD is publishing this article to provide additional guidance to members regarding use of the Routing Method Code of "S" (Smart Router) on Route and Combined Order/Route Reports.1
For purposes of OATS reporting, NASD defines a Smart Router as a system that, based on predetermined logic applied to variable market conditions, determines without human intervention, the
FINRA 21-19 is a long overdue change. It is clear that the integrity of the United States market has been strained to the edge of disaster, in large part due to systemic risk developed under the regulatory authority of FINRA's outdated short interest reporting policy. While many of the policies mentioned in Regulatory Notice 21-19 address the general breadth of exploitable and ineffective
FINRA is a not-for-profit, self-regulatory organization (SRO) dedicated to promoting investor protection and market integrity in a manner that facilitates vibrant capital markets. One of FINRA’s tools for achieving this objective is fair and effective enforcement of member firms’ compliance with securities laws and regulations.
FINRA’s highest priority when it identifies misconduct is to seek
