Executive Summary
The purpose of this Election Notice is to notify FINRA small firm members of the distribution of ballots to elect one North Region and one West Region representative to the Small Firm Advisory Committee (SFAC). FINRA small firm members1 in the North and West Regions as of the close of business on October 18, 2021, are eligible to vote in these elections.
Ballots are
Summary
FINRA has adopted new Rule 6439 (Requirements for Member Inter-Dealer Quotation Systems),1 which implements additional requirements for firms that operate systems that regularly disseminate the quotations of identified broker-dealers in OTC Equity Securities (each an “inter-dealer quotation system” or “IDQS”).2 Rule 6439 will become effective on October 1, 2021, except for paragraph (d)(
(a) Members Required to Provide Notice
(1) To facilitate trade reporting and dissemination of transactions in TRACE-Eligible Securities and to provide market participants in the Corporate Debt Security markets with reliable and timely new issue reference data to facilitate the trading and settlement of these instruments, a member that is a managing underwriter of a distribution or offering (
A. Providing short interest information to the public for free is a requirement to ensure the retail public's trust in the market. Without access to this information, the average retail investor is at a huge disadvantage when it comes to making trading decisions. Finra should take charge and publish this information daily, so retail investors can make timely decisions about their trading
FINRA Rule 5210 (Publication of Transactions and Quotations) prohibits member firms from publishing or circulating, or causing to be published or circulated, any communication which purports to report any transaction as a purchase or sale of any security unless such member believes that such transaction was a bona fide purchase or sale of such security. Firms may, on a discretionary basis, communicate or advertise their trading activity to the market through one or more service providers that disseminate that information to subscribers and the market. Firms that do so must ensure that such information is truthful, accurate and not misleading, consistent with the requirements of Rule 5210.
The NASD Office of General Counsel Regulatory Policy and Oversight (OGC) publishes the Disciplinary Update to provide registered representatives with a summary sampling of recent disciplinary actions involving misconduct by registered representatives. The sample of disciplinary actions includes settled matters and decisions in litigated cases (National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) decisions and decisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission in NASD cases).
(a) A member may hold mail for a customer who will not be receiving mail at his or her usual address, provided that:
(1) the member receives written instructions from the customer that include the time period during which the member is requested to hold the customer's mail. If the requested time period included in the instructions is longer than three consecutive months (including any
FINRA’s Cybersecurity Conference is a one-day, hybrid event that is designed to help you stay current on today’s cybersecurity challenges, understand vulnerabilities and latest threats and create resilience against cyber-attacks.
These enhancements/improvements are absolutely necessary. What's currently being allowed is borderline criminal, and without proper accountability, shareholders are being placed at excessive risk. The current regulatory conditions and enforcement are clearly insufficient, leaving investors/shareholders at higher risk, thus requiring better information in order to make decisions about the
To Whomever this concerns, Please institute rules that will help investors in the American marketplace have faith that the system is not corrupt, that there is a level playing field, and that the government works for the people and not just wealthy and well-connected institutions and individuals. In this modern "information" era, the disparity in the available information to retail
