With the aging of the baby boom generation, a growing number of our nation’s investors are at or near retirement age. Indeed, data presented at the first “Seniors Summit” held by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in July 2006 indicated that 75% of the nation’s consumer financial assets, valued at $16 trillion, are held by households headed by someone who is 50 or older. Within the next
The SEC, NASAA and FINRA are jointly issuing this Investor Alert to make investors aware of the increase of investment frauds involving the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. Bad actors are using the growing popularity and complexity of AI to lure victims into scams. Here are a few things to look out for to help you keep your money safe from these frauds.
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 our member firms’ compliance with securities laws and regulations.
FINRA’s highest priority when it identifies misconduct is to
WASHINGTON—FINRA’s Board of Governors met on February 25-26. The agenda included electing a new Board Chair, as well as discussions on FINRA’s proposed Outside Business Activities rule, TRACE reporting timeframes, ongoing technology initiatives, and the proposed allocation of FINRA’s 2024 fine monies.
FINRA’s Research and Development (R&D) program is an innovation engine for FINRA - a sandbox for staff to take risks, explore new and disruptive technologies, assess potential usefulness to FINRA use cases, as well as investigate and test solutions to known problems.
