FINRA has no business or right to regulate or limit the products in which private investors place funds. I understand and accept the risks of my investments in all types of funds. They are my funds to invest, not yours. An investment prospectus is sufficient to inform investors of the objectives and risks of any investment. Attempting to regulate who can and cannot invest in any fund, based on an
I have been investing using leveraged and inverse funds for some time now. These funds allow me to protect my portfolio without going to a pure cash position when the fed creates a downturn in the economic cycle. It has been especially critical in the last 9 months. The government will also lose taxes on these gains when the markets are in a decline if restrictions are put in place. I already
FINRA regulators, there are so many ways that the ultra-rich can become even wealthier and so many ways to stop the middle-class from doing so. By restricting inverse and leveraged investments you are further limiting the ability of ordinary Americans from having access to the same tools that the elite have. With the abundance of education and information available on the internet it is easier
I find it repugnant that unelected officials like yourselves have the audacity to tell me how I can invest my hard earned capital while members of Congress feel that they are entitled to trade on inside information (which is illegal for us "unwashed" ) and allow large funds naked short securities (which is also illegal for us "unwashed" ) and not blink an eye but seem to get
FINRA announced today that Derrick Roman, former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), and Gus Sauter, current member of FINRA’s Investment Committee, have been appointed as public governors on its Board of Governors. In addition, Naureen Hassan, President of UBS Americas and CEO of UBS Holdings, has been appointed as an industry governor to the Floor Member Governor seat.
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By Robert Cook, President and CEO, and Greg Ruppert, Executive Vice President, Member Supervision, FINRA. From 2021 to 2024, the SEC brought enforcement actions against numerous FINRA member firms for recordkeeping violations involving off-channel communications (OCCs) and settled them on substantially similar terms. In January 2025, the SEC brought additional OCC-related actions against other member firms but settled these on significantly less burdensome terms. A group of firms settling before 2025 petitioned the SEC to modify their settlements to align with the January firm settlements. The SEC recently denied this petition.
(a) Pursuant to the Rule 9600 Series, the staff for good cause shown after taking into consideration all relevant factors, may exempt, upon application and subject to specified terms and conditions, a member alternative trading system ("ATS") from the trade reporting obligation under paragraph (b) of Rules 6282, 6380A and 6380B, if such exemption is consistent with the
Firm regulatory risks and priorities don't exist in a vacuum. And that is perhaps nowhere clearer than when it comes to a firm's anti-money laundering responsibilities. A firm's AML risks can overlap with any number of other priorities. On this episode, the first of a two-part series, we look at the overlapping risks of AML and cybersecurity.
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