The Neutral Corner—Volume 3, 2020
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Maintaining Arbitrator Neutrality in the Age of Social Media (by Joyce Park, FINRA Corporate Intern)
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I would like to speak for all retail investors when I say the underhanded ways corporations are given to manipulate a stock are abhorrent. A pure disregard for what an "Open market" should be. I feel the only way the playing field can be leveled is to make all information available to us, and for entities such as yourselves to police matters harder with stiffer penalties. This is the
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FINRA’s Renewal Program supports the collection and disbursement of fees related to the renewal of broker-dealer (BD) and investment adviser (IA) registrations, exempt reporting and notice filings with participating self-regulatory organizations (SRO) and jurisdictions. FINRA communicates information about renewal fees BD and IA firms owe via a Preliminary Statement in November and
Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education Issues Firm Element Advisory Update
FINRA announced that it has promoted Michael Solomon to Executive Vice President of Examinations and Membership Application Program, effective immediately. Solomon has taken on an expanded leadership role since rejoining FINRA in 2022 as a Senior Vice President and Head of Examinations. Solomon continues to report to Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision.
To FINRA, Timely and accurate reporting of all positions is paramount to the success of a trader. We use this information daily to assess the markets and to formulate strategies. All proposed changes need to be forward thinking, so we may operate in a 21’st century marketplace. We need more data to accurately predict market movements. You need to provide us with as much accurate and timely data
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As a retail investor that has garnered a profit over the years trading options as well as holding leveraged ETFs on and off and having gleaned through the wealth of information available to me about these products I don't believe there's any need for further regulation. Both options and leveraged ETFs should be trade-able by "non-sophisticated" retail investors at their own
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Rule Requiring the Filing of Supplemental FOCUS Information and Proposed Supplementary Schedule to the Statement of Income (Loss) Page of FOCUS Report Parts II and IIA
Washington, DC - Mari J. Buechner, president and CEO of Coordinated Capital Securities, Inc. (CCS) of Madison, WI, was elected today to a small firm seat on the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). She will serve out the term of Richard Goble, who resigned in July. That term will expire on July 30, 2010.
