FINRA
FINRA Office of Investor Education
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the U.S. public. Created in 2007 through the consolidation of NASD and NYSE Member Regulation, FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services.
FINRA believes that understanding should precede investing -- and that education is often the best form of investor protection. To this end, FINRA offers a broad range of tools and programs to help people better understand investing and know how to protect themselves along the way, including developing and publishing Investor Alerts, brochures and online resource guides on such critical topics as mutual fund class shares and 401(k) and college savings plans. FINRA distributes this information through its Web site, www.finra.org, printed materials and Investor Forums.
As an extension of FINRA's mission to protect investors and uphold the integrity of the markets, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, formerly known as the NASD Investor Education Foundation, supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing. Through a combination of grant making and direct investor programming, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation works to educate and protect investors in communities around the country and at military bases around the world.
Organizations interested in applying for a grant to develop investor education initiatives or conduct research to expand the body of knowledge and offer solutions in the fields of investor education and investor protection should visit www.finrafoundation.org for details on grant programs and other new initiatives of the Foundation. Subscription to an email newsletter is also available on the Web site.
John M. Gannon
SVP, Investor Education/President FINRA Investor Education Foundation
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
1735 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 974-2842
Fax: (202) 728-8149
john.gannon@finra.org
www.finra.org
www.finrafoundation.org
|
The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
|