Posts Tagged:arbitration

Finra Guidance on Investment Advisor Arbitration

Finra has published guidance for Investment Advisors at non-member firms who wish to utilize the Finra Dispute Resolutions platform.  (Finra)  You can see our previous coverage of this here.  The full text is below: FINRA Dispute Resolution has received inquiries from lawyers who represent investors and those who represent investment advisers (IAs) which are not…

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Finra to Facilitate RIA Arbitrations

Bruce Kelly, of InvestmentNews, reports that Finra will soon open its dispute resolution arbitration platform to registered investment advisors.  (IN)  This is good news for RIA investors because those arbitrations have typically been heard in AAA or JAMS forums, which are much more expensive.  RIA firms may also welcome the lower costs. Finra Dispute Resolution…

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Warning! Finra Arbitration Filings Down, S&P 500 Up

Below is a visualization of  annual Finra Arbitration Filings as compared to the S&P 500 annual closing value.  Since 1999, there is a significant negative correlation of -0.594 between the two.  When arbitration filings have peaked it has been a buy signal, and vice versa. On the lower pane of the viz, I have plotted…

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