Has FINRA Just Threatened To Shut Down Wall Street's Fantasy Leagues And Office Sports Pools?
http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3735/finra-betting-awc/
A recent FINRA regulatory settlement troubles and angers BrokeAndBroker.com Blog publisher Bill Singer, Esq. FINRA is so intent on ringing up the cash register for fines and sending some small fry to the penalty box that the self-regulator fails to see that hundreds of thousands of industry employee who are in a fantasy sports league or who make a weekly wager on sports are technically in violation of one of FINRA's most frequently enforced rules. Among Bill's choice words for this featured FINRA settlement are hypocritical, asinine, inane, moronic, stupid, pandering, insincere, sanctimonious, self-righteous; specious, spurious, and glib. READ http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3735/finra-betting-awc/
Arbitrators OK Raymond James Liquidation Of JTWROS Account For Broker Husband's Loan
http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3733/raymond-james-jtwros/
Today's BrokeAndBroker.com Blog deals with unanswered questions. We start with a fairly straightforward proposition of Raymond James wanting to be repaid the remaining balance on a loan it made to a former associated person. Fair enough. On the other hand, it seems that Raymond James is holding on for dear life to the former associated person's Joint Tenants With Right of Survivorship account, in which his wife is the other tenant. In filing its lawsuit, Raymond James named the husband as a Respondent and also named the wife as a Respondent. The wife refused to submit to FINRA arbitration. Now what? Can Raymond James essentially seize the assets in the JTWROS to satisfy the husband's debt if the wife is not subject to FINRA arbitration jurisdiction? Also, how come the wife isn't subject to FINRA jurisdiction? READ http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3733/raymond-james-jtwros/
Second Circuit Reinstates BATS HFT Class Action http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3731/bats-hft-2cir/
After Michael Lewis published "Flash Boys," the world awoke to a very dire picture of high frequency trading ("HFT") and its corrosive and corrupting influences on the so-called level playing field that Wall Street so dearly wants to market to the public. The fact is -- and this is coming from a 35-year industry veteran -- there has never been a level playing field in the financial markets. They want you to believe that fairy tale. You may actually believe it. But the truth is that the cards are often marked, the wheels are rigged, the dice loaded, and the House retains the odds (and, yes, there are more than a few professional cheaters who make a nice living operating on the fringe). Sorry to burst your bubble. All of which set the stage for the filing of a number of lawsuits about the fraud perpetrated via HFT and how more than a handful of self-regulatory organizations ("SROs") seemed to have either looked askance or, worse, engaged in complicit behavior. READ http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3731/bats-hft-2cir/
A Little Bit Of
FINRA Hypocrisy For $20,000 http://www.brokeandbroker.com/3729/finra-email-awc/
(BrokeAndBroker.com Blog) The laws of physics don't always apply to the
regulation of Wall Street. Sometimes, things appear out of thin air and exist
but then suddenly don't but then, just as mystifying, return to our realm of
existence . . . or do they? The one constant throughout this metaphysical
setting is that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority stands ready to
impose fines. In a recent regulatory settlement, FINRA seems to suggest that
one of its small member firms had written supervisory procedures but, then
again, didn't, or, perhaps put another way, maybe those procedures existed but
were never fully compliant, but, on the other hand, those procedures were compliant
when first approved but lapsed into non-compliance, but, oddly, it's not clear
as to when things went from compliant to non-compliant but, hey, a $20,000 fine
should stop you from asking more questions. Welcome to the world of hypocrisy. READ