Under the current and long-standing disclosure-based system, I as an investor should have the right to decide which public equities, bonds and funds I want to buy. The newly announced changes suggested by FINRA will upend that principle, giving regulators and not me, the investor the decision making opportunity to decide what public securities I can and cannot invest in. This is not acceptable and should not be pursued.
Mark Coetzer Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
Under the current and long-standing disclosure-based system, I as an investor should have the right to decide which public equities, bonds and funds I want to buy. The newly announced changes suggested by FINRA will upend that principle, giving regulators and not me, the investor the decision making opportunity to decide what public securities I can and cannot invest in. This is not acceptable and should not be pursued.