The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. $500,000 for failing to disclose to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) that it had used consultants to obtain numerous municipal securities offerings and had made payments to consultants connected to particular offerings. FINRA is responsible for enforcing MSRB rules.
I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST!!!
Individual investors should have access to all public investment vehicles without regulators dictating which are appropriate/inappropriate. Rather, regulations should focus on transparency and full disclosure of the strategies employed by fund managers and most of these regulations already exist. Rather than rely on regulatory intervention,
To whom it may concern, FINRA's current effort to seek restrictions around "Complex Products" appears to fall into the category of "fixing something that isn't broken." This is something the government often appears to excel in and in this instance reads as a rather arbitrary and capricious effort to restrict access to investment choices. As a rule, I vehemently
Gentlemen, I am puzzled! Wall Street already has a clear advantage over the retail investor on multiple fronts including and not limited to, research, software, the speed of execution, inside information and in politics. Let us not forget the Robinhood fiasco the past year which was just one example of how markets are manipulated and front-run against the individual investor. Knowing these facts
Over the years, I have used many of the "complex products" that are the subject of Regulatory Notice 22-08 including leveraged ETPs, inverse ETPs and options. In all cases, I did the appropriate research on these products to understand how they work and the risks associated with using them. These products have been an important part of my investment portfolio to either hedge
Any test of specialized knowledge should be dependent on the specific investments being considered. The degree of investor awareness required to invest in a leveraged S&P 500 2X fund is suitable for many investors who are aware basically of the risks and have been informed of the proportion of net worth they could / should invest.
Brokers should be held legally liable for INITIATING
Washington, DC — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today published guidance to firms on a new rule covering transactions in deferred variable annuities. FINRA Regulatory Notice 07-53 outlines the provisions of Rule 2821, which will become effective on May 5, 2008.
Deferred variable annuities are hybrid investments containing both securities and insurance features.
Washington, D.C. — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. $1 million for submitting mutual fund breakpoint data to FINRA that the firm knew to be inaccurate, as well as for related supervisory deficiencies. FINRA also ordered the firm to engage an independent consultant to evaluate its policies, systems and
Washington, D.C. — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced the results of elections to fill seven industry seats on its 23-member Board of Governors. The elections were conducted at FINRA's first-ever Annual Meeting on October 26. The newly elected Governors will serve three-year terms.FINRA is the non-governmental self-regulatory agency formed in July by
Dear FINRA, LETFs are not "complex" products. They are very simple to use. I can simply buy them to introduce modest amount of leverage to my diversified and safe portfolio. LETFs allow me to easily adjust the risk and reward levels in my portfolio. They are SIMPLE instruments. Simplest form of leverage, and the wildest of them are only 3x leveraged. How dare you take away my freedom