Leveraged and inverse funds, like all nearly all investments, are risky. Adequate disclosure of risks should be sufficient for individual investor protection. If regulators do not believe that investors understand the risks from the prospectus, then what does this say about efforts to protect investors in domains beyond these funds? Moreover, what risks are unique to these funds that regulators
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FINRA warns member firms of an ongoing phishing campaign that involves fraudulent emails (see sample in Appendix) purporting to be from FINRA and using the domain name “@gateway-finra.org.” The email asks the recipient to click a link to “view request” and provide information to “complete” that request, noting that “late submission may attract penalties.”
FINRA recommends that
FINRA’s Cybersecurity Half-Day Seminars provide attendees with information on the fundamentals of cybersecurity, help organizations understand vulnerabilities and threats related to cybersecurity, create resilience against cyber-attacks, and discuss effective practices for and handling issues related to cybersecurity.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Release No. 34-30929 has announced the adoption of new temporary Rules 17h-1Tand 17h-2T establishing a risk assessment recordkeeping and reporting system for broker/
As of June 30, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Best Interest—or Reg BI—is officially in effect. What does a post implementation-date world look like? And how is FINRA working to ensure a consistent approach to examining around and enforcing the new regulation? Tune in to learn more.
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In 2002, FINRA Dispute Resolution became concerned about the length of time it takes to resolve arbitrations involving senior or seriously ill parties.
I am sick & tired of large hedge funds such as Citadel performing coordinated ladder attacks against GME & AMC, as well as others. Those two charts frequently pattern in lock step with each other. Investors know, as I assume FINRA & SEC does as well, that naked shorting is taking place on a grand scale. To make matters worse, the bulk of the short sales, particularly on
Y2K Testing Not Required For Legacy CRD And PC FOCUS
Due to the availability of the new Web Central Registration Depository (CRDSM) system and Web-Based FOCUS filing system, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) does not require Year 2000 testing of their predecessor systems - Legacy CRD and PC FOCUSSM. The new systems - Web CRD and Web-Based FOCUS - have successfully
Investment accounts are those that hold stocks, bonds, funds and other securities, as well as cash. A key difference between an investment account and a bank account is that the value of assets in an investment account fluctuates and can, in fact, decline.
