Commodity Futures Trading Commission Teams Up with SEC and FINRA to Combat Investor Fraud

20th November 2014

Top financial regulators are joining forces to offer investors a one-stop online location where they can research the background of financial advisers and learn about financial fraud. On Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission launched CFTC SmartCheck, a website that educates financial consumers about ways they could get swindled. The site includes links to the FINRA’s BrokerCheck system, the SEC’s product-registration database (EDGAR), the National Futures Association and the CFTC. It also offers links to interactive videos where users are taken through scenarios in which they are offered questionable investments.

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