Summary
FINRA has amended Rule 11880 (Settlement of Syndicate Accounts) to revise the syndicate account settlement timeframe for offerings of corporate debt securities. The amendments to Rule 11880 establish a two-stage syndicate account settlement process whereby the syndicate manager is required to remit to each syndicate member at least 70 percent of the gross amount due to such syndicate
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Obligations to Determine Whether Securities are Eligible for Public Sale
FINRA’s Member Regulation department is conducting a review with respect to products linked to the CBOE’s Volatility Index (VIX). The review will focus on the supervisory processes followed by firms to identify and mitigate sales practice risks associated with recommendations to non-institutional purchasers of VIX-linked products.
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Member Facilitation Of Lending Between Customers
Comment Period Expires: February 12, 2001
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Executive Summary
NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD RegulationSM) requests comment from National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Short selling, as a tool was intended to hit back at corporations that were found to be cooking the books. Unfortunately, today it is a tool with nefarious intention with no regard for the impact it might have have on an otherwise good company, it's entire employee base and downstream jobs it involves itself in. As one who has managed portfolios and also invests privately it has never been
1. T+0 settlement 2. Market Makers cannot be hedge funds. 3. Stock in hand rule ie short seller must have found and received stock before it can be shorted. 4. Public list of every entity which short sells a stock. 5. Maintenance requirement to short a stock to be cash only with zero marginable securities used as collateral. 6. Fine for Naked Short Selling enhanced to 1000% of stock's value
Restructured Qualification Examinations and Related Examination Fees
Guidance Relating to Illiquid Investments
Guidance on Liquidity Risk Management Practices