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Registered Rep. December 16, 2005 Halah Touryalai |
Former Pru Broker Penalized for Abusive Trading Three years after the SEC charged five Boston-based Prudential Securities brokers for abusive mutual fund trading, one of the accused is being temporarily barred from association with any broker/dealer or investment advisor. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 |
Blotter SEC Front Running Probe... NASD Fines Bank of America... |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter SEC Tackles Wachovia Insider... Supervisory Meltdown... Market Timing Geeks... |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Tim Beyers |
American Express Unit in Scandal The broker could be a target of a regulatory inquiry into mutual funds revenue-sharing. How can you tell if your own broker or advisor has a conflict of interest? |
Registered Rep. February 9, 2007 Kevin Burke |
SEC Big Says Waiver Tactics Can Backfire An SEC commissioner today said that asking broker/dealers and investment advisory firms to waive their legal right to attorney-client privilege in order to speed up the pace of enforcement investigations is shortsighted. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 |
Blotter Lawyers, Drugs and Money... More Market-Timing Fallout... Bank of America in Hot Seat... |
Registered Rep. February 17, 2005 John Churchill |
NASD Charges American Funds with Directed Brokerage Violation Saying it's just as impermissible to make directed brokerage payments as it is to receive them, the NASD charged American Funds---one of the country's most reputable asset managers---with paying kickbacks to brokerages for selling its funds. |
Registered Rep. October 23, 2007 David A. Geracioti |
If Allegations Prove True, File This Under: Stupid Broker The SEC has filed a complaint against a former LPL rep and branch manager, who, the SEC says, had been engaging in one of the oldest broker tricks in the book: stealing his clients money. |
Registered Rep. May 24, 2006 Kristen French |
Broker Sanctioned for Violation of Patriot Act After nearly a year and a half since the law's passage and after over a dozen brokerage firm audits, the SEC took its first enforcement action against a broker/dealer. Yet, in so doing, the SEC noted that broker/dealers are generally doing a very good job of complying. |
Registered Rep. August 29, 2006 Kristen French |
Pru Agrees to $600 Million Market-Timing Settlement Prudential Equity Group admitted to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the market-timing practices of a number of its brokers between 1999 and June, 2003. |
Registered Rep. February 11, 2004 John Churchill |
Dueling Trend Lines on Complaints Brokers have become more attuned to investor complaints in recent years, but they must be forgiven if they're having a hard time drawing conclusions from the trend numbers reported by regulators. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
Blotter Inside Job: The SEC charged 14 people in March in what one SEC official described as the biggest insider-trading scheme... Ponzi Scheming Manager: William Sirls, a former Wachovia branch manager was charged in early March with stealing... |
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
News & Products NASD has fined two Fidelity broker/dealers for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature... The broker/dealers of ING plan to lower fees that their advisors pay on two core advisory programs... etc. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter Regulators Collar Bear... Pattern of Abuse... Junk Fax Scalping... Judge Freezes Ponzi Scheme... |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 |
Blotter Cooked Books... Direct Violation... Busted Market Timers... |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Karen Donovan |
Under Siege Executives of broker/dealer firms are not exaggerating when they say it seems like regulators are locked into a competitive battle to collect the most pelts on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep. March 14, 2012 Diana Britton |
SEC Goes After Venture Capital B/D Over Sale of Facebook Shares The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against New York-based venture capital broker/dealer Felix Investments and the firm's founder Frank Mazzola. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 |
Blotter Broker Behind Bars... No Millions for Whistle-Blower... NASD Boots Violation Riddled Firm... |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Ryan G. Murphy |
B/D Briefing: News & Products Fines, Complaints, Mergers: The NASD fined American General Securities Inc... NASD announced the promotion of James Shorris... Raymond James Financial selected PlanningStation... etc. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Karen Donovan |
No More Slap on the Wrist Regulators are getting tough and creative on registered reps because they suspect that fines aren't a strong enough deterrent to stop illegal behavior. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 |
Blotter SEC filed a civil action against five unregistered Florida brokers who were operating a pump-and-dump scheme... Third largest hedge fund fraud ever... |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Christopher O' Leary |
The Fund Family That Said No While in the past few years many funds sued by regulators have been quick to settle, American, the second-largest fund family in the U.S. with $650 billion in assets is fighting back. |
Registered Rep. November 5, 2003 Will Leitch |
NASD: Brokerages Owe $86M To Investors The summer 2003 scandal involving unpaid breakpoints -- sales-charge discounts that mutual fund companies provide investors who put in a certain amount in a selected fund -- might have been dwarfed by the market-timing scandal, but the SEC and the NASD haven't forgotten about it. |
BusinessWeek October 21, 2009 Farzad & Francis |
The SEC's Tough New Offensive on Insider Trading It's using wiretaps, informants, and high-tech software, as well as teaming with key federal prosecutors, to nab wrongdoers fast. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 |
B/D News & Products News for broker/dealers: U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would tie pay to performance at companies that have received TARP funds... Securities and Exchange Commission charged the auditors of Bernard Madoff's broker/dealer firm with securities fraud... |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter Shelf Space No No... Broker Gets 14 Years... |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter In the Name of Love: An Ameriprise registered rep was accused of stealing money from clients to pay for travel abroad to look for a Russian bride... NASD Busts Slick Broker... |
Registered Rep. July 5, 2012 Kristen French |
Blotter: July 2012 One of the biggest-ever Ponzi schemes in South Florida was busted in May... The SEC charged Quantek Asset Management, a Miami-based hedge fund advisor with lying to investors... |
Registered Rep. August 20, 2004 |
Meting out Justice: NASD Issues 'Extraordinary Remedy' on Broker/Dealer for Market-Timing Abuse In its investigation, the regulator found that from January 2001 through August 2002, National helped four hedge fund clients conduct market-timing in 13 funds that prohibited or restricted such activity. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2011 |
Blotter Undercover Kickback... An Exceptional Sentence... |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Halah Touryalai |
Banc Of America Dishes Out $10 Million For Fiduciary Violations Banc of America Investment Services Inc. settles charges that it failed to disclose that it favored mutual funds affiliated with the firm. |
Registered Rep. January 18, 2006 John Churchill |
NASD Enforcer Departing for the Dark Side Barry Goldsmith, the NASD's executive vice president for enforcement, will be leaving the regulator in March for private practice at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton |
Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others? |
Registered Rep. June 8, 2006 Kristen French |
In Switch, Company Sues NASD For Fraud, Says NASD Aided FBI In Creating Bogus B/D In an unlikely lawsuit, the privately owned cancer research firm Shimoda-Atlantic is suing the NASD for securities fraud. |
Registered Rep. October 25, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
Another One Bites the Dust: Broker Fined Record Amount for Market-Timing Scheme The NASD fined Paul Saunders, a registered rep, CEO and majority owner of James River Capital Corporation, $2.25 million. That sum represents the largest fine against an individual for marketing timing, including disgorgement of about $750,000 in illegal profits. |
Registered Rep. October 6, 2004 Leitch & Gaffen |
Raymond James Fights the SEC's Fraud Charges The SEC brought fraud charges against the Tampa-based firm, saying the firm had looked the other way when a former broker scammed investors of approximately $44.5 million between 1999 and 2000. |
Registered Rep. March 27, 2006 Kristen French |
SEC Targets Investment Traps Set For Seniors The move against the "free lunch," as they are generally called, is part of a larger initiative launched to protect senior citizens from investment scams and unsuitable recommendations. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt |
Blotter: December 2012 A former hedge fund manager for SAC Capital Advisors was arrested and charged with orchestrating a $276 million insider-trading scheme. |
Registered Rep. February 25, 2009 John Churchill |
More Multi-Million Dollar Ponzis and Thousand-Dollar Teddy Bears! DOJ, SEC Bust and Freeze Assets of "Commodity Traders" Three new recent charges made by the SEC regarding alleged Ponzi schemes. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 Will Leitch |
RIAs Kickin' Back Three registered investment advisors were accused by the SEC of accepting cash payments from TD Waterhouse in return for putting client assets with Waterhouse. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 |
10 Years Ago in Registered Rep NASD warnings, again. |
Registered Rep. September 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green |
Broker/Dealer Briefing: A Shot Over the Bow FINRA is quietly conducting a sweep of broker/dealers that could be the first steps to having the SRO take over regulation of registered investment advisors from the SEC -- something the former NASD has long desired. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 |
Blotter Not-So-Hot IPO: The NASD fined Thomas Weisel Partners for levying exorbitant commission charges on "hot" IPO shares... Expelled, Reinstated, Expelled: Brokerage firm LH Ross was officially expelled from the securities industry and fined... etc. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 |
B/D News Broker/Dealer news: SEC Enforcement... BOA and broker protocol... FINRA surveys retail sales practices... |
Registered Rep. September 23, 2008 |
SEC Charges Miami Broker Gary Gross Gary Gross has been charged with fraud by the SEC for selling his elderly clients unsuitable investments. |
Registered Rep. September 14, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
NASD Fines Securities America for Failure to Supervise Securities America was fined $2.5 million for failing to supervise an advisor who allegedly lured clients into early retirement with exaggerated promises of high returns. |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Jay Gould |
Washed Up On The Banks Of Denial The SEC has changed its policies regarding anti-fraud consent injunctions. How should investment advisors react? |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Bob Clark |
The Perfect Ponzi While the Madoff debacle has been a disaster for thousands of investors, the timing couldn't be better for independent advisors. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Buying Your Brokerage? There are good and bad ways to invest in securities firms. Look for these red flags before investing in a broker-dealer offering (BDO.) |