FINRA today announced the appointment of Sarah Gill as Ombudsman and Cindy Foster as Vice President of the Membership Application Program (MAP) and Statutory Disqualification.
As the new Ombudsman effective Oct. 4, Gill will handle issues, inquiries and complaints that arise from FINRA’s interactions with public investors, member firms, member firm employees, FINRA staff and other stakeholders
I vehemently oppose any measure or regulation imposed on my behalf for investing of my own money. No one has the right to regulate how I choose to invest my money, test my knowledge, have a certain net worth, use a broker or get special approval from a broker. It is my right to spend, invest, or not, the money that I work for every single day and have since I was 16 yrs of age. Its preposterous
This is absurd to say what someone can and cant invest in for the everyday person. We are all capable of understanding what risks are involved as everything in the market comes with risk. I do a lot of investing and trading using leveraged funds and have not had an issue and its where a vast majority of my trading comes from. All this without any kind of test. Its insulting to take away so much
Effective March 1995
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Some of the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) comprising the Intermarket Surveillance Group (ISG) agreed to adopt policies to ensure uniform reporting of all short interest in traded securities. The NASD has amended Article III, Section 41 of the NASD Rules of Fair
The current regulations on "complex securities" is adequate. FINRA and SEC doesn't need any further new regulations in complex securities. These complex securities have the same risk and volatility as buying a individual stock. Geared ETF and Inverse are for advance investor and trader. The current agreement with brokers is adequate. I studied geared and crypto trust for hundreds
Dear Sir or Mz, Please do not put into place any regulation or test which would impede a retail investors ability to trade leveraged index funds. Trading leveraged index funds such as ProShares funds is a convenient, easy way for a small investor to make a good living. There is always risk in any trading activity. This is well understood by the great majority of traders whether small or
Regulatory Relief
PLEASE NOTE: The FINRA rulebook currently consists of both NASD Rules and certain NYSE Rules that FINRA has incorporated, including the NYSE rules referenced in this Notice. The incorporated NYSE Rules apply solely to members of FINRA that are also members of NYSE on or after July 30, 2007, referred to as "Dual Members." Dual Members also must comply with NASD Rules.
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As of July 22, 1988, the following 30 issues joined the NASDAQ National Market System, bringing the
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended its net capital, recordkeeping, and quarterly securities-count rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the treatment of repurchase (repo) and reverse repurchase (reverse repo) agreements entered into by registered broker-dealers.
The amendments to SEC Rule 15c3-l will
The following questions and answers provide guidance regarding the operation of FINRA Rule 2080, which was formerly NASD Rule 2130.
