Comments:Please allow an individual to make his or her own choices. The risk I take are mine, and mine alone. I rely on the SEC to keep thing honest, and to make sure people are informed. I have gained a great deal by employing higher risk index funds, and wish to continue. Thanks
SEC Approval and Effective Dates for New Consolidated FINRA Rules on Electronic Filing Requirements for Uniform Forms and Arbitration Disclosures
Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify firms of the upcoming elections to fill vacancies on the FINRA Regional Committees, and the mailing of ballots to eligible firms.
As detailed below, the following seats are contested:
Midwest Region Committee, District 4 representative
Midwest Region Committee, District 8 representative
North Region Committee, District 9
There needs to be accurate, timely, and mandatory reporting guidelines around short interest. Accurate and timely would be the important part for the individual investors. The mandatory reporting would be for institutional investing. There are currently too many ways to misrepresent and obfuscate actual short interest information.
I’m looking for (and I’m sure MANY other investor as well ) further transparency on short sales and short interest reporting, I feel as though there might not be all the information available to the public and need reaffirmation that I can trust the market I’m investing in, many thanks!
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The Securities Industry EssentialsSM (SIESM or Essentials) Exam, available beginning October 1,
NASDR has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change to amend Rule 10321 of the NASD to modify the earliest date to file document and information requests in arbitration proceedings from 20 business days to 45 calendar days after service of the Statement of Claim or upon filing of the Answer, whichever is earlier.
FINRA’s Maintaining Qualifications Program (MQP) is currently open for eligible individuals during a second enrollment period, until December 31, 2023.
The second enrollment period is available to those who terminated their registration between March 15, 2020, and March 14, 2022.
To conduct securities transactions and business with the investing public in the United States, both firms and individuals must be registered with FINRA. Firms must apply and meet certain membership standards, FINRA’s 14 Standards of Admission in FINRA Rule 1014(a), to become a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. The New Member Application Form (Form NMA) is used by FINRA’s Membership Application
Overview – FINRA’s Funding Portal Rules (FP Rules) apply to firms that register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as funding portals pursuant to the SEC’s Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and that become FINRA FP members. Prospective FPs should review, in addition to the rules under the SEC’s Reg CF, Regulatory Notice 16-06 (SEC Approval of FINRA Funding Portal Rules
