Beginning with the June 2009 reporting period, FINRA is issuing a preliminary version of the OATS Compliance Report Card in an effort to provide firms with more timely information regarding their overall OATS compliance performance.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD reminds members that the NASD By-Laws require a statutorily disqualified person who wishes to obtain a controlling interest in, or become a controlling person of, an NASD member firm must, before assuming such a position, apply to the NASD for approval through the Eligibility Proceedings described in the NASD By-Laws
Both I and my husband are individual investors and what we invest in and how much we invest is up to us as long as we are personally responsible for our own investments. To put the proposed regulations upon us is a great misplaced idea and an unacceptable proposal. I do not need to be told what to invest in or take a test to determine my investment knowledge because as an individual investor I
FINRA has observed some TRAQS Web clients who continue to experience stop sign errors when attempting to access the TRAQS website. Closing all browser sessions and opening a new session will normally alleviate this problem.
Clients that continue to experience difficulties even after starting a new browser session should contact FINRA Operations or call 866.776.0800 so the
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The methods used in calculating yields on mutual funds and unit investment trusts, whose primary objective is the provision of income, and the manner in which such are presented to the public have been the subject of mounting interest and comment during the past year. The NASD has received complaints from its members, the staff of the Securities
It is important that the pending increased regulation of "complex products" is not passed or put into place by FINRA.
Products deemed as such as used by investors such as myself after careful study, constitute a very small portion of my or my family office's net worth/liquidity, but present a vital tool in risk managment and/or achieving more beta in certain investing
I am writing to oppose any further regulation on leveraged and inverse investment products. Individual investors like myself have access to prospectus documents, we can read how the product operates, and we know that all investments in the stock and bond markets come with risks. Who is clamoring for this regulation, besides regulators? You might prevent 1% of investors from making a mistake, but
I want to have freedom to choose my investments, there is disclosure of risk already before any "risky" asset can be purchased.
I do NOT support further requirements to trade these securities, I should be the one making decisions about risk I am willing to take.
Leveraged and inverse funds play significant role in my trading strategy and investment strategy and can not be
The Daily Total Summary Data and Detail Data Download files for the OATS Compliance Report Card provide underlying totals and detail of the data contained in the monthly summary OATS Compliance Report Card.
The tables below represent the data within the Daily Totals Summary Report Card and the Detail Data Download files.
Summary Definitions and Data Fields
Term
(a) Compliance with Quoting and Trading Restrictions
(1) Member Compliance
Members shall establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to comply with the applicable quoting and trading requirements of the Plan.
(2) FINRA Compliance
FINRA systems will not display quotations in violation of the Plan and this Rule.
(3) Pilot Securities That Drop
