Search Results for: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
FINRA Bars Broker for Market Manipulation
February 23rd, 2016
Supervisor Barred from Supervising, Suspended and Fined; Additional Broker Sanctioned The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has barred broker George Johnson from the securities industry for engaging in a manipulative trading scheme to artificially inflate the ...
FINRA Warns High-Yield CD Offers Can Be Bait for High-Commission Investments
February 11th, 2016
Advertisements touting higher-than-average CD yields might actually be a lure to trick investors into buying costly investments, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said today in a new Investor Alert. “In light of today’s low interest rates, these ads attract attention. ...
Deutsche Bank Jumps as Lender Said to Consider Bond Buyback
February 10th, 2016
Cryan said in memo to staff on Tuesday bank is `rock solid’ Shares jump as much as 11%, biggest intraday gain since 2011 Deutsche Bank AG jumped the most in more than four years as Germany’s biggest bank considers ...
SEC fined brokerage firm for violated anti-money laundering rules
February 5th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a Miami-based brokerage firm agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle charges that it violated anti-money laundering rules by allowing foreign entities to buy and sell securities without verifying the identities ...
Record number of brokers barred, suspended in 2015
January 7th, 2016
A record number of punishments were levied against bad brokers in 2015 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), the brokerage industry’s personal regulator. In 2015, 492 brokers were barred from Wall Street and 737 were suspended, according to data ...
FINRA Sanctions Barclays Capital, Inc. $13.75 Million for Unsuitable Mutual Fund Transactions and Related Supervisory Failures
December 30th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Barclays Capital, Inc. to pay more than $10 million in restitution, including interest, to affected customers for mutual fund-related suitability violations. These suitability violations relate to an ...
Traders in China and Hong Kong Paying $920,000 to Settle Insider Trading Case
December 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two traders in China and Hong Kong have agreed to pay more than $920,000 to settle an insider trading case against them. Cousins and business associates Zhichen Zhou and Yannan Liu, ...
FINRA Sanctions Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. $7.3 Million for Selling Billions of Unregistered Microcap Shares, and for Related Supervisory and AML Violations
December 22nd, 2015
Trader and Supervisor Suspended and Fined The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. $6 million and ordered disgorgement of nearly $1.3 million in commissions, plus interest, for selling billions of ...
FINRA Sanctions Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC $1 Million for Supervisory Failures
December 21st, 2015
Firm Failed to Follow Up on Red Flags to Detect or Prevent Theft of Funds From Senior Investors by Fraudster Posing as Fidelity Broker The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it fined Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC $500,000 ...
Paul P. Andrews of FINRA Named IOSCO Secretary General
December 16th, 2015
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today announced it has appointed Paul P. Andrews as its new Secretary General. Mr. Andrews is currently the Vice President and Managing Director of International at the Financial Industry ...
