(a) Demand for Deposit
The party who is partially unsecured by reason of a change in the market value of the subject of a contract in securities may demand from the other party a deposit equal to the difference between the contract price and the market price, without being required to make a mutual deposit. Such deposit shall be made either with the member demanding same or with a mutually
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On March 22, 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Schedule D, and Schedule G, to the By-Laws and to the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Automated Confirmation Transaction (ACT) service rules to require members to input the time of execution on
How FINRA Assesses Performance of its Machine Learning Models
Data science has come a long way in the past 10 years. As machine learning projects become productionized, they look increasingly like software projects. Focus has shifted from presenting charts to integrating AI software into a production pipeline. There is still plenty of work in the former scenario, but the latter has become more
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FINRA advises each member firm to review the Report and consider incorporating relevant elements into its compliance program in a manner tailored to its activities. The
(a) A member holding an open order from a customer or another broker-dealer shall, prior to executing or permitting the order to be executed, reduce, increase, or adjust the price and/or number of shares of such order by an amount equal to the dividend, payment, or distribution on the day that the security is quoted ex-dividend, ex-rights, ex-distribution, or ex-interest, except where a cash
Leveraged and inverse funds should be able to be traded by anyone. Its my money and it is my choice on how to spend it. Individuals have the right to spend money and invest how they please. Yes, there could be risks involved but that is my choice. Every investment involves some sort of risk, even the top tech stocks, some of which have declined roughly 80% since their high a year ago. How can an
I very much disagree with the idea that an unelected bureaucracy, however laudable its motives might be, should be telling ME what publicly traded investment I can buy, is outrageous, and totalitarian. One can clearly see that ordinary people are often better able to see value than are so-called experts. And if an ordinary person , like me, screws up based on faulty logic, so be it. On the other
A member firm that routes an unsolicited customer order for a variable life settlement to another member firm that is permitted to engage in such activity would not constitute a material change in the routing firm’s business operations that would require it to file a continuing membership application, provided that the stated conditions are satisfied.
The Suitability section of the 2019 Report on Exam Findings informs member firms’ compliance programs by describing recent findings and observations from FINRA’s examinations, and, in certain cases, also providing a summary of effective practices.
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On April 26, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®)
