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FINRA Fines Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. $2 Million for Net Capital Deficiencies
August 25th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has censured and fined Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. $2 million for net capital deficiencies and for related supervisory failures. The net capital deficiencies occurred on three separate dates ...
FINRA Fines StockCross Financial Services, Inc. $800,000 for Regulation SHO Violations
August 14th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined StockCross Financial Services, Inc. $800,000 for Regulation SHO violations and for related supervisory violations that spanned more than three years. As part of the sanctions, StockCross is ...
FINRA Bars Former Caldwell Broker for Churning Customer Accounts
August 10th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has permanently barred Richard Adams, a former registered representative of Caldwell International Securities Corp., from the securities industry for churning customers’ accounts and other securities rule violations. Adams also ...
FINRA USA Fines Aegis Capital Corp. $950,000
August 5th, 2015
Two Chief Compliance Officers Fined and Suspended Aegis CEO Fined and Suspended for Failure to Report Liens The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Aegis Capital Corp. $950,000 for improperly selling unregistered penny stocks ...
FINRA Fines Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. $1.8 Million for OATS and Trade Reporting Failures
July 28th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. $1.8 million for systemic Order Audit Trail System (OATS) reporting violations spanning a period of more than eight years, failure to ...
FINRA Orders Wells Fargo, Raymond James, and LPL Financial to Pay More Than $30 Million
July 7th, 2015
FINRA Orders Wells Fargo, Raymond James, and LPL Financial to Pay More Than $30 Million in Restitution to Retirement Accounts and Charities Overcharged for Mutual Funds The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Wells ...
FINRA Sends Rebates to Brokers after Record Profits
July 2nd, 2015
While commissions growth has been fairly stagnant over the last few years, Wall Street brokers’ efforts to cut costs have yielded record profits. And now they are getting a refund of sorts. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authory (FINRA), the ...
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Scottrade a Total of $950,000
June 23rd, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (Morgan Stanley) $650,000 and Scottrade, Inc. $300,000 for failing to implement reasonable supervisory systems to monitor the transmittal of customer funds to ...
FINRA Sanctions LPL Financial LLC $11.7 Million for Widespread Supervisory Failures Related a Number of Key Areas
May 7th, 2015
FINRA Sanctions LPL Financial LLC $11.7 Million for Widespread Supervisory Failures Related to Complex Products Sales, Trade Surveillance and Trade Confirmations Delivery LPL Ordered to Pay Approximately $1.7 Million in Restitution to Customers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ...
FINRA Orders RBC to Pay Fine
April 24th, 2015
FINRA has issued a press release to inform that: It has ordered RBC Capital Markets to pay a $1 million fine and approximately $434,000 in restitution to customers for supervisory failures resulting in sales of unsuitable reverse convertibles. Brad ...
