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August 18, 2010

By Michael Smallberg

Brokerages Demand Greater Transparency from Self-Regulatory Organization



You don’t often hear about regulated entities calling on a regulator to be more open and transparent about its oversight activities. Yet that’s exactly what happened last week at the 2010 annual meeting of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA

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Topics: Financial Sector

March 5, 2010

By Michael Smallberg

Judge's Ruling Helps FINRA Keep Its Records Behind Closed Doors



As described in our latest podcast, POGO sent a letter to Congress last week calling for increased oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory organization (SRO) that oversees thousands of securities broker-dealers, and is supposed to be looking out for the interests of the investing public.

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Topics: Financial Sector

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