REQUEST FOR COMMENTBranch Office RegistrationComment Period Expired September 3, 2004SUGGESTED ROUTINGKEY TOPICSLegal and ComplianceRegistered Representatives RegistrationSenior ManagementBranch Office RegistrationCentral Registration Depository (CRD?)Executive SummaryNASD requests comment on a proposed uniform branch office registration form (Form BR) that will enable firms to register
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FINRA’s highest priority when it identifies misconduct is to seek
I am writing as a humble retail investor. Recent events and research have demonstrated that the entire securities market is built around big players taking money directly from retail investors and legitimate corporations who have zero recourse. The current system for reporting short sales is laughably ineffective. It is completely obscured from retail traders, intentionally preventing free trade
I am writing to request that FINRA reform their short-sale and FTD reporting to the highest enforcement standards possible. Specifically, I am concerned that FINRA's current blindness with regard to alternate formations of short interest through "married puts" and arranged financing leads to unquantifiable systemic risk which can then be rolled over indefinitely with low borrow
Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rules Governing Suitability and Know-Your-Customer Obligations
The Best Execution, Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions, Private Placements, and Reg BI and Form CRS sections of the 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the Report) informs member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations, including (1) regulatory obligations and related considerations, (2) findings and effective practices, and (3) additional resources.
SEC Approval and Effective Date for New Consolidated FINRA Rules
FINRA Announces SEC Approval and Effective Date for New Consolidated FINRA Rules Relating to Warrants, Options and Security Futures
Technology Changes for Reporting Certain Complaint
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