{"id":1248,"date":"2013-05-15T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T10:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2013\/05\/finra_securities_activities_sr"},"modified":"2022-03-10T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T22:34:24","slug":"finra-securities-activities-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-securities-activities-sr\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Securities Activities: SRO Withdraws Proposal to Make Financial Firms Link to BrokerCheck, Gets Request from SIFMA to Modify \u2018Inability to Pay\u2019 Rule, and Says Broker-Dealers Can Give Investors PIP Data About ETPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>SRO Says Brokerage Can Institutional Customers PIP Data About ETPs Under Certain Conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Financial Industry Regulatory Authority staff have determined that under certain conditions, broker-dealers are permitted to include pre-inception performance information in communications with institutional investors about exchange-traded products, also known as ETPs. Staffers said that FINRA Rule 2210, which governs institutional communications, allows for the use of this data in the way that a fund company  is proposing. ALPA Distributors is proposing using the PIP information just in institutional communications, per FINRA Rule 2210 and subject to certain criteria. <\/p>\n<p>However, in &#8220;applying the suitability standards&#8221; for recommendations to institutional customers,&#8221; the SRO said brokerage firms should  be cautious about putting too much &#8220;weight&#8221; on PIP information, while taking into consideration the correlation between performance of other, similar ETPs managed by the investment adviser, sponsor, or index provider and the PIP data. The staff&#8217;s letter was in response to a letter written by the fund company, which sees value in giving institutional investors the information for ETPs analysis. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-securities-activities-sr\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Securities Activities: SRO Withdraws Proposal to Make Financial Firms Link to BrokerCheck, Gets Request from SIFMA to Modify \u2018Inability to Pay\u2019 Rule, and Says Broker-Dealers Can Give Investors PIP Data About ETPs\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRO Says Brokerage Can Institutional Customers PIP Data About ETPs Under Certain Conditions Financial Industry Regulatory Authority staff have determined that under certain conditions, broker-dealers are permitted to include pre-inception performance information in communications with institutional investors about exchange-traded products, also known as ETPs. 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