Dear FINRA Committee Members, Please do not impose trading restrictions on “Complex Products.” I am a retired public employee who has been investing for over 25 years, managing a ROTH account, 457 plan account, as well as a retail account. I sometimes use ETFs, including inverse and leveraged. They are an integral part of my investing toolbox. I am not a high net worth individual and desire to
Comments: To whom it may concern: I am writing to provide input concerning the issue of FINRA proposed rules to limit access to leveraged and inverse ETFs and "complex products". I use leveraged and inverse ETFs regularly as a hedge against market volatility. This has been a very valuable and successful tool for me. I fully understand that uneducated investors may use them incorrectly
Currently, some ATS firm data is being displayed under multiple names, but for the same MPID. This is due to a mid-reporting period name change. FINRA is currently updating the display requirements to reflect only the Name associated with the MPID at the start of the reporting period. When the fix has been implemented and the historical data has been updated, FINRA will issue another Technical
"Protecting us from ourselves" -- i.e., barring us from choosing to take a on position of high risk and high reward -- has no place in America, especially in an area so obviously volatile as the equity markets. Existing regulations well protect us citizens from being duped. Adding regulations to try to protect us from financial losses is a patronizing fool's errand, which will only
Read FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook’s email to firms and watch the video report with highlights from the Board of Governors meeting.
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT: JANUARY 24, 1986
BACKGROUND
In Notice to Members 85-58, dated August 30, 1985, the NASD solicited comments from members and other interested persons on a proposed new rule (new paragraph (m) Article III, Section 26, NASD Rules of Fair Practice) that would govern the prompt payment by NASD members for investment company
Introduction: Guidance for Arbitrators on Requests to Produce Suspicious Activity Report Information
By Judith R. Starr *
Introduction by Alma Angotti **
Introduction
On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act). Title III of the Patriot Act, entitled "International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001,
SUGGESTED ROUTING*
Senior Management
Internal Audit
Legal & Compliance
*These are suggested departments only. Others may be appropriate for your firm.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 15, 1989, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No. 34-27249 containing proposed
Proposed Rule Change to Amend Rule 2210 (Communications with the Public) to Require Hyperlink to BrokerCheck on Member Websites
