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Each year, FINRA publishes its Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.
Cover Letter From FINRA President and CEO, Robert Cook
January 4, 2017
Today, FINRA is publishing its
2017 Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter
(the Priorities Letter). This letter provides
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Senior Management
Government Securities
Institutional
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Executive Summary
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is seeking comments on proposed amendments to Regulation T (Credit by Brokers and Dealers) regarding settlement of securities purchases and the status of government securities
TO: All NASD Members
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a number of amendments to Rule 17f-2 concerning the fingerprinting of securities industry personnel. These revisions are intended to simplify the process of claiming exemptions by clarifying existing provisions of the rule and by incorporating in the rule other exemptions previously granted by the Commission on a case-by-
GUIDANCE
Reporting Requirements for "Piggybacking" Arrangements
Effective Date: February 20, 2006
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KEY TOPICS
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Senior Management
Clearing Agreements
"Piggybacking" ArrangementsRule 3150Rule 3230
Executive Summary
On August 26, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD Rule 3150,
Summary
Exchange-traded products (ETPs) provide different types of exposure to the oil market through several product structures, which some investors or investment professionals might not understand.1 Moreover, the performance of such products may be linked to unfamiliar indices or reference benchmarks, making them difficult for the average investor to comprehend. In particular, a number of
FINRA Requests Comment on a New Academic TRACE Data Product
Thank you for the invitation to speak and thank you all for coming today.
This is my first and most sincere comment to FINRA guidance and rulings Throughout my last few years of investing and last year of seriously understanding the markets -- there is no doubt in my mind that the framework of reporting and filling short positions on stocks is absolutely the most murky and shark infested water in the entire market. The reporting framework and the amount of loopholes
Hello FINRA, First, off thank you allowing public comment on the need to better regulate options and trades involving short positions and shorting instruments. Please let ask a simple question: If Failure to Delivers on the Threshold list can be satisfied with borrowed shares, who is the owner of the settled delivery? Why have a Threshold list at all if it is ignored when the settlement period is
Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined five broker-dealers a total of $385,000 for the illegal sale of more than 8 billion shares of penny stock on behalf of their customers.
