(a) Each member shall keep and preserve in each office of supervisory jurisdiction either a separate file of all written customer complaints that relate to that office (including complaints that relate to activities supervised from that office) and action taken by the member, if any, or a separate record of such complaints and a clear reference to the files in that office containing the
FINRA Reminds Firms of Their Sales Practice Obligations with Regard to the Sale of Securities in a High Yield Environment
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an amendment to Article III, Section 28 of the NASD Rules of Fair Practice requiring an associated person to notify the employer member in
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In NASD Notice to Members 81-12, the Association advised the membership of the SEC's Division of Market Regulation interpretation concerning the treatment of concessions receivable and related commissions payable under the Uniform Net Capital Rule (SEC
April 18, 1994
Dear Member:
On April 13, 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Rule G-37 regarding political contributions and prohibitions on municipal securities business. Related amendments to Rules G-8 and G-9 on record-keeping and record retention, respectively, were also approved. The limitations and requirements
From Monday, September 26, 2022, through Friday, September 30, 2022, the FINRA Test Facility (NTF) for the OTC Reporting Facility (ORF) will not include the trade reporting nanosecond enhancements FINRA previously announced. All other ORF testing functions will be available during this week, including TDDS 2.1 data dissemination.
Effective Monday, December 5, 2022, ORF will begin supporting
None of the current rules and procedures used by FINRA or its member firms create unintended barriers to greater diversity and inclusion in the broker-dealer industry or might have unintended disparate impacts on those within the industry. Quite the contrary, FINRA and the brokerage industry have made huge strides in encouraging and fostering diversity. In the 30 plus years of my career, there
The Portfolio Margin and Intraday Trading topic of the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (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.
As a retail investor I believe that the provably widespread practice of naked shorting dilutes the share pool of companies that I believe in which artificially lowers stock prices. It is a method that predatory short hedge funds use to drive stock prices down, rather than allowing the market to engage in true price discovery. This causes companies which might otherwise be beneficial to society to
Short interest need to not be self reported. There should be investigations every day or at least weekly to see how these hedge funds and market makers are influencing stock prices. Naked shorting is a disgusting practice that has caused economic crashes in the past. We need to learn from our past mistakes. The formula for calculating short interest needs to be fixed to show the actual number of
