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Thank you for your time. Currently as it stands, there is too little information in true short positions. With a market makers ability to create synthetic shares for “liquidity”, at some point the true positions need to be accounted for. If a bank, a market maker, and or other parties can hide positions through layered securities like CDOs or swaps, there is no benefit to the market, only the
FINRA Rule 4111 (Restricted Firm Obligations) addresses risks from broker-dealers with a significant history of misconduct, including firms with a high concentration of individuals with a significant history of misconduct. The rule allows FINRA to impose new obligations on broker-dealers with significantly higher levels of risk-related disclosures than other similarly sized peers, based on
Publication Date: February 23, 2023
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15c3-1e Deductions for market and credit risk for certain brokers or dealers (Appendix E to 17 CFR 240.15c3-1).
Sections 240.15c3-1e and 240.15c3-1g set forth a program that allows a broker or dealer to use an alternative approach to computing net capital deductions,
Important Information Regarding Annual Audited Report
I am Barry R. Goldsmith, Executive Vice President for Enforcement of NASD Regulation, Inc. (NASDR). NASDR and its parent, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), would like to thank the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify at today’s hearing.
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FINRA is pleased to announce a new centralized, secure file transfer platform called fileX, which enables firms to programmatically send, track and receive files in one place. fileX significantly streamlines the process for submitting bulk filings to FINRA, provides additional options for downloading files from FINRA, and allows for seamless and secure authentication and authorization
An investment adviser is an individual or company who is paid for providing advice about securities to their clients. The term investment adviser refers to an individual or company that is registered as such with either the Securities and Exchange Commission or a state securities regulator.
The following is a checklist to assist applicants as they prepare and submit information and documentation for FINRA Form New Member Application (NMA). To conduct securities transactions and businesses with the investing public in the US, a broker-dealer and its associated persons must be registered with FINRA. An important step in the registration process is to seek approval for FINRA membership, which is initiated through the submission of the New Member Application (or Form NMA), which is reviewed by FINRA’s Membership Application Program (MAP) Group.
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
By Bill St. Louis, Executive Vice President and Head of FINRA EnforcementFINRA Enforcement works on the front lines of investor protection. This blog post discusses some of the key objectives that drive this critical work.First, some brief background about FINRA and the role Enforcement plays as part of a multi-faceted regulatory program.FINRA helps ensure that everyone can participate in the