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The Motley Fool
June 19, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Finally, Money for Auction-Rate Securities A new product may finally save investors stuck with frozen auction-rate securities.   |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Auction Rate Agony Investors get frozen out of their money as auction rate securities shrivel. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Andrew Ackerman |
In First, Mass. Sues UBS In the first state-level lawsuit against an investment firm over auction-rate securities, Massachusetts has filed securities fraud charges against UBS for selling retail investors auction-rate paper as "liquid, safe, money-market" instruments even though the defendants knew it was not. |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2008 |
Bank of America Reaches Second Settlement To Buy Back ARS The agreement closely mirrors the firm's earlier settlement with the Massachusetts Securities Division that was announced in September, 2008. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2008 |
Bank of America to Buy Its ARs Back The nation's second-largest bank by assets settled an investigation by Massachusetts regulators, agreeing to buy back $4.5 billion worth of the securities. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2008
Rich Smith |
Psst. Buddy. Wanna Buy a Bond? Auction-rate securities should make investors feel anything but secure. |
Registered Rep.
March 28, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
More Trouble In Auction-Rate Securities Land The State of Massachusetts Secretary of State is investigating the sales practices of auction-rate securities, to learn how these securities are presented to individual clients in the state. |
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2008 |
UBS Needs A Lift Ticket UBS is facing serious scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice to determine whether or not the bank aided clients in committing tax evasion from 2000 to 2007. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Auction-Rate Anxiety The credit crisis hits leveraged mutual fund shareholders. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008
Donna Mitchell |
Auction-Rate Securities Dust Settles, But What About Small Brokerages? Observers expect red faces as regional brokerage customers are left out of the settlements and advisors better prepare for some harsh words. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
TBMA Launches Bond Indexes The Bond Market Association published the first of a weekly series of eight indexes covering different kinds of auction-rate securities. The indexes are designed to give issuers and investors benchmarks to evaluate the rates they are getting on securities sold through the auction process. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2008
John Churchill |
Brokers Charged In Fraudulently Selling $1bn Of ARS To Retail Clients In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities. |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2008 |
SEC Finalizes $30 Billion ARS Settlement With Citi And UBS The $30 billion settlement is the largest in SEC history and restores liquidity to ARS investors at par value of their holdings. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Should Your Broker Pay for Your Losses? When New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Monday sued Charles Schwab for allegedly misrepresenting the risks inherent with auction-rate securities, he sent a message: Take care to warn investors early and often, or suffer the consequences. Is this a good idea? |
Wall Street & Technology
May 19, 2008
Ivy Schmerken |
A Freeze in Auction-Rate Securities Opens a Door for the Restricted Securities Trading Network In the wake of the credit crisis, Restricted Stock Partners' Restricted Securities Trading Network, which was designed to trade restricted stocks, is rescuing investors trapped in auction-rate securities. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Buyer's Remorse Treasury departments are still paying a price for auction-rate securities. |
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2008 |
Credit Downgrades, More Write-Downs And The ARS Market Credit downgrades to MBIA and AMBAC Financial Group, the world's largest bond insurers, will lead to more write-downs at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and UBS, according to a new research report. |
Registered Rep.
June 26, 2008
John Churchill |
Tough Morning For Brokerage Sector Stomachs are surely turning at the wirehouse brokerage firms this morning. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Auction Rate Ugliness Returns Quit blaming others when your portfolio explodes. |
Registered Rep.
November 8, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Auction Rate Revenge For tens of thousands of investors who were trapped in the auction rate securities debacle that started in 2008, finances are getting back to normal. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Credit Crisis Bites Big Pharma Bristol-Myers Squibb takes a $275 million writedown in its investment portfolio for the quarter. |
Registered Rep.
July 31, 2008
John Churchill |
Massachusetts Says Merrill Defrauded ARS Clients Among the many claims against Merrill Lynch is that management censored otherwise gloomy fixed income research in order to move volatile inventory out of company inventory and into client portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Watching Big Pharmas' Investments Investors need to take a look at large drugmakers' balance sheets. |
Registered Rep.
December 29, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Principal-Protected Notes Not So Protected, FINRA Says. In a regulatory notice this month, FINRA warned firms offering structured products not to overstate their level of protection or their potential returns. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
David Geracioti |
The Auction-Rate Mess And You Many retail investors have recently learned the hard way that auction-rate securities aren't as safe as they thought. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2013
Cumming & Horwitz |
SEC Takes on Structured Notes Large banks need to provide better information on these complex securities sold to the wealthy, regulator says. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Credit Suisse Drops a Bomb The details are confusing as the company unexpectedly announces huge writedowns just a week after reporting fourth-quarter earnings. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2008 |
Correction The correction of a quote regarding information gathered from brokerage clients invested in auction-rate securities. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Blamed for ARS He Didn't Sell Misrepresenting auction-rate securities... BrokerCheck public disclosure system... |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics FINRA steps in... $80 million settlement of two class-action suits by Securities America... Whistleblower payday... |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
James J. Green |
B/D Briefing: Calm Before the Storm? A new report found that the average securities class action settlement was halved in 2008, but the authors of Securities Class Action Settlements: 2008 Review and Analysis, caution that the reported decrease doesn't constitute a trend. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Martin Z. Braun |
Can the SEC Get Its Street Cred Back? Elaine Greenberg is investigating abuses in the muni bond market, as the commission tries to rebuild trust. |
Registered Rep.
July 27, 2005
Kristen French |
NASD Sanitizes Arbitration Panel: Public Arbitrators Must Be Public Securities arbitration panels, which resolve the vast majority of investment disputes between clients and brokers, are typically made up of two public arbitrators and one industry arbitrator, a system that is intended to tip the scales in favor of the public. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 1, 2005
Maria Santos |
Fast Facts According to the Securities Industry Association's 2004 Investor Survey, nine out of 10 investors are "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with the service provided by their investment professional. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Help Wanted Securities Industry employment topped the 800,000 mark in November for the first time since February 2002. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010 |
B/D News Licensing for insurers and brokers... scamming Madoff victims... NASAA's settlement with UBS... |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
The SEC's "Feel Good" Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission announces the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee, which it says will give investors a greater voice in its work. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Settlements On Rise The total value and number of securities class action settlements increased in 2009 to $3.8 billion. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 20, 2008
Cory Levine |
Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2008
Rich Smith |
Bed Bath & Beyond Bombs Bed Bath & Beyond wraps up 2007 with a report that came in light on sales, and predicts flat to slightly negative comps looking forward. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2009 |
UBS Earning Get Kicked In The ARS! U.S. Wealth Mgt Unit Profit Wiped Out By ARS UBS announced a fourth quarter loss of U.S. $7.5 billion, capping a horrendous year for the Swiss firm. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Helen Kearney |
UBS Weighs Options as the Suddenly Smallest Wirehouse No one can deny it's been a tough year for UBS's wealth management business in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Biovail Hit by a Slow-Moving Truck Biovail finally settles with the SEC, more than four years after the agency started an investigation into the drugmaker. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005 |
Finance: True To Reform New rules affecting the ways companies offer and register securities are slated to take effect on Dec. 1, 2005. |
