WASHINGTON— FINRA and NFA recently held a special summit focused on crypto assets and agreed to expand their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address crypto activities that fall within their respective regulatory mandates.
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On November 27, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved proposed National Association of Securities Dealers,
Annual Conference, FINRA's premier event, provides the opportunity for practitioners, peers and regulators to exchange ideas on today's most timely compliance and regulatory topics. This year it takes place May 13-15, 2025.
Last Updated: March 11, 2024Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) is publishing this guidance to remind parties and their representatives, arbitrators, and mediators that the unauthorized disclosure of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is a violation of federal law that may be punishable by civil and criminal penalties. As described in greater detail below, three categories of “SAR Information”—SARs
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rules 6151 (Disclosure of Order Routing Information for NMS Securities) and 6470 (Disclosure of Order Routing Information for OTC Equity Securities).
Investments have many safeguards to prevent individuals from investing in products they don't understand. These range from a formal prospectus all the way to a (highly) informal google search (which will readily enumerate the risks involved in investing in leveraged ETFs. That information is easily accessible to anyone who might choose to invest in these products. As a result, regulating
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Behind every market transaction lies a wealth of data. But how can we harness this information? On this episode, members of the Market Regulation and Transparency Services team discuss periodic aggregate market data sets, including some new data recently added to FINRA's website, and how FINRA makes this information available to the public.
WASHINGTON—FINRA has ordered three firms—Edward Jones, Osaic Wealth, Inc. and Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.—to pay more than $8.2 million in restitution to customers who were harmed by the firms’ failures to provide available mutual fund sales charge waivers and fee rebates on mutual fund purchases. FINRA did not impose any fines in connection with these matters in recognition of each firm’s extraordinary cooperation with FINRA’s investigations.
I think some basic online information for informed consent and modest means should be sufficient for most investments. The current accredited investment limit severely restricts the ability to become an accredited investor. These limits should be much lower.
