Elisabeth Craig is Senior Vice President & Deputy, FINRA, Credentialing, Registration, Education and Disclosure (CRED), responsible for oversight of registration functions and testing and continuing education.
Prior to joining FINRA, Elisabeth was employed as Counsel with DCS Advisory, an investment banking firm, where she focused on all aspects of legal and compliance matters. Elisabeth
GUIDANCE
Structured Products
SUGGESTED ROUTING
KEY TOPICS
Internal Audit
Legal and Compliance
Retail
Senior Management
Derivatives
Options
Structured Products
Structured Securities
Executive Summary
As a result of a recent review of members that sell structured
products, NASD staff is concerned that members may not be
fulfilling their sales practice obligations when selling
The Cybersecurity and Cyber-Enabled Fraud topic of the 2025 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, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
Hello,I understand that the pattern day trading rule was originally enacted to primarily protect clearing firms from margin overuse/loss mitigation. However, I don’t think you will find many traders agreeing that it has helped to protect them from losses. I don’t think the government should be trying to protect people with blanket rules for some traders and freedom for other traders. Education is
Remarks by Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum at the Research Center on the Prevention of Financial Fraud 2011 Conference
SEC Approves Rule Requiring Members’ Websites to Include a Readily Apparent Reference and Hyperlink to BrokerCheck
WASHINGTON—FINRA’s Board of Governors met June 4-5. The Board approved two rule proposals, approved the appointments of new Advisory Committee members, met with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Mark Uyeda, and received updates on FINRA’s long-term financial planning and FINRA’s enterprise risk management and cybersecurity program.
NASD Rule 3070
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KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
NASD Rule 3070
NASD Rule 2110
Executive Summary
NASD has undertaken two initiatives to improve the quality and flow of information to it about allegations of broker misconduct. First, on August 14, 2002, NASD filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a
Firms have shared the following ways they have used prior FINRA publications, such as Exam Findings Reports, Priorities Letters and Reports on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program, to enhance their compliance programs. Firms may consider these practices, if relevant to their business model. We welcome feedback on how our firms use FINRA publications.Assessment of Applicability:
The use of related performance information in institutional communications, subject to specific conditions, is consistent with the applicable standards of FINRA Rule 2210.
