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Brokers Being Trashed Again By FINRA

By Mark H. Astarita, Esq.

We all know that FINRA, along with the SEC, has been taking a beating over the past year for its failures to uncover significant frauds that have costs investors millions of dollars. There is no need to re-hash all of that, but now FINRA is attempting to do something to fix its image.And that something is to expand BrokerCheck. Not increased survelliance of brokerage firms, not better education of examiners, not more training for the examination teams - they are going to expand the disclosures on BrokerCheck to further defame and discredit individual brokers.There has been a discussion over recent months to keep brokers information on BrokerCheck for more than two years after a broker leaves the industry. There are a number of good arguments on both sides of that debate, but FINRA is going ahead with a proposal to keep those records online for an undisclosed period of time after the broker is no longer under its jurisdiction...continue to full post

Full post as published by SECLaw.com on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).