BrokerCheck - FINRA's Dread Permanent Record

Many a school child has received the awful warning to be careful lest some offense be entered on his or her "permanent record". As required by statute (15 U.S.C. § 78o-3(i)), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (aka FINRA) has...

NASAA Issues Report On State Enforcement Actions

"Nothing but blue skies From now on"

Binary Options And Securities Regulation

Recently, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) updated and expanded its 2015 advisory warning investors about online binary option schemes.  NASAA offers the following explanation of "binary options":

The DBO As Religious Regulator

In December last, the Department of Business Oversight published the 2016 Commissioner’s Report on the Offer or Sale of Securities by Permit under Corporations Code Section 25113. This report, which is required by California Corporations Code...

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