Search Results for: LPL Financial
Survey identifies common traits in victims of investment fraud
February 21st, 2017
With Americans losing tens of billions of dollars annually to investment fraud schemes, what mindsets and behaviors are common among those who fall victim? A new survey by the AARP Fraud Watch Network finds that the most susceptible typically ...
FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch $2.8 Million
October 19th, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. $2.8 million for systemic trade reporting, Order Audit Trail System (OATS) reporting, books and records, and related supervisory violations that ...
NRGbinary is a case of how scammers can hide in gaps between regulators and defraud thousands of investors
October 6th, 2016
In early 2013, a young Israeli businessman registered a web domain in London for a company called NRGbinary.com. The online options trading website offered clients the opportunity to make large amounts of money from simple bets on the movement ...
FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $12.5 Million for Inadequate Supervision of Internal Communications
August 9th, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $12.5 million for significant supervisory failures related to research and trading-related information it disseminated to its employees, called ‘hoots’ or ‘squawks,’ over internal speakers ...
BaFin establishes a reporting platform for whistleblowers
July 8th, 2016
With effect from 2 July 2016, BaFin has established a central contact point for so-called “whistleblowers”. Whistleblowers may use this contact to report violations of supervisory provisions. Anonymity of whistleblowers will be a top priority for BaFin. Whistleblowers play an important role ...
FCA UK reports about unauthorised firm
April 20th, 2016
We believe this firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without our authorisation. Find out why to be especially wary of dealing with this unauthorised individual and how to protect yourself from scammers. Almost all ...
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. ...
FCA:Unauthorised Forex (FX) trading and brokerage firms
January 8th, 2016
FCA UK has issued an announcement to inform public and investors in relation to unauthorised Forex trading and brokerage firms. FCA points out that all firms offering their investment and trading services in UK must be authorised by the ...
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 ...
Commodity losses
December 18th, 2015
Markets have been extraordinarily complacent about the bad debts building up in the financial system. In the wake of the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates this week, the effect on debt was barely mentioned in the subsequent analysis ...
