WASHINGTON — Financial fraudsters often attempt to evoke strong emotions in their victims to convince them to hand over money, and seniors may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of heightened emotions on decision making. With funding and research participation from the AARP Fraud Watch Network and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, psychologists at Stanford University found that
Largest FINRA Fine Relating to Variable Annuities
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined MetLife Securities, Inc. (MSI) $20 million and ordered it to pay $5 million to customers for making negligent material misrepresentations and omissions on variable annuity (VA) replacement applications for tens of thousands of customers. Each
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Transforming the Securities Industry CE Program
FINRA has adopted important changes to its continuing education (CE) and registration rules to train registered persons more effectively while accommodating registered persons whose personal circumstances take them away from the industry for a
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Rule Modernization Project
Comment Period Expires: July 2, 2001
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Over the past several years, NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) has conducted a comprehensive review of many of the National
Proposed Rule Change Relating to National Adjudicatory Council Composition, Member Terms and Election Procedures
Exemption from Trade Reporting Obligation for Certain Transactions on Alternative Trading Systems
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Margin Disclosure Statement
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As described in NASD Notice to Members (NtM) 01-31 (May 2001), on April 26, 2001, the Securities and Exchange
New Equities Supervision Reports Are Designed to Help Firms Spot and Halt Potential Manipulation
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today made available to member firms its first monthly cross-market equities supervision report cards, aimed at helping firms identify and halt spoofing and layering activity.
"FINRA is marshaling its ability to look across
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Taping Rule
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NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASD Regulation) requests comment on proposed amendments to Rule 3010(b)(2), commonly referred to as the Taping Rule
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation, the Filene Research Institute, and six local credit unions have launched a two-year research project to assess the long-term impact of an Employer Sponsored Small Dollar Loan designed to help employees avoid the high cost of payday lenders, establish or repair credit, and begin to save.
Designed by
