December 13, 2022

By: Chris Waitz, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus   The CFTC recently released its annual report on enforcement results. The report summarizes the enforcement action taken over the previous year and provides insight into the areas of focus for the agency. This year’s report demonstrates the CFTC’s continued commitment to protecting customers and ensuring market …

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By: Joseph Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus   FINRA recently alerted members to an emerging threat: “pump-and-dump-like” schemes against thinly-traded initial public offerings (IPOs). The behavior that FINRA, NASDAQ, and NYSE have all observed includes a bad actor manipulating the price of a small-cap IPO to inflate the price (pump) and then profit …

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