SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Mutual Fund
Operations
Options
Registration
Trading
Training
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
MAIL VOTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD requests members to vote on proposed amendments to Article III, Sections 2
SEC Approves Changes to Expand the Categories of Civil Judicial Disclosures Permanently Included in BrokerCheck and to Include in BrokerCheck Information About Member Firms and Their Associated Persons of Any Registered National Securities Exchange That Uses the CRD System for Registration Purposes
Unless otherwise defined in the Code, terms used in the Code and interpretive material, if defined in the FINRA By-Laws, shall have the meaning as defined in the FINRA By-Laws.
(a) Arbitrator and Mediator Portal
The term "Arbitrator and Mediator Portal" means the web-based system that allows invited arbitrators and mediators to access a secure section of FINRA's website to submit
Here are some examples on how the system could be improved: 1. Reduce the reporting period to weekly (or preferably daily) from biweekly. 2. Require that exchanges report failures to deliver and naked shorts alongside covered shorts. 3. Reduce the holding period for reported days from 4 days to 2 or fewer. 4. Document and release the identities of funds that have open short positions and
SUGGESTED ROUTING
Senior Management
Advertising
Legal & Compliance
Mutual Fund
Supervisory Personnel
Training
Executive Summary
On March 5, 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD® IM-2210-3 (Guidelines) to allow for the use by members and associated persons in advertisements and sales literature of investment
Dear FINRA regulators,
Private investors should have the right to choose to invest in funds that are a good fit for their investment objectives. It is unfair to eliminate the ability to invest in leveraged funds for the investing public, especially since many of these funds have a proven track record of protecting investment portfolios when used the right way.
If an investor chooses to be
Limiting the options for individuals to invest in public investments, which any sort of investment, whether its a security, ETF, CD, stock, fund, note, trust, etc, whether its complex, or not is not justified. Simple investments would still have a risk, irregardless of banning and limiting certain individuals to be involved in any sort of investments.
Any sort of investment, simple, or complex
It has taken nearly 100 years to earn the right to access tools to allow the middle class options to make financial gains kept exclusive by the US founding families. In 1999 came the chance to access markets as a self directed entity . We have been smart enough to gain wealth over the last 25 years using these tools . If FINRA now takes access away, it only means the traditional founding family
Comments: My broker already gives proper warning and reviews request to access these types of trades. Retail, new, and small investors are already at a disadvantage in todays market that allows high net worth entities access to trading outside regular market hours and through AI driven trades that give them a leg up when new information is presented to the public. Adding more restrictions or
