Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
BCSC panel fines former registrant for illegally advising on purchase of securities
March 11th, 2015
A British Columbia Securities Commission panel has fined Roberta Merlin McIntosh (a.k.a. Berta McIntosh, Roberta Sims, Roberta Butcher, Roberta Mayer) $30,000 for illegally advising an investor to purchase exempt market securities. The panel also ordered that McIntosh be banned from participating ...
SEC Charges Texas-Based Brokerage Firm With Violating Supervisory and Customer Protection Rules
March 5th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an Irving, Texas-based brokerage firm with violating key customer protection rules after failing to adequately supervise registered representatives who misappropriated customer funds. H.D. Vest Investment Securities agreed to settle the charges by ...
CySec and Central Bank of the Russian Federation signed today an updated “MoU”
February 25th, 2015
CySec has issued a press release informing that: The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) signed today an updated Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’) with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (‘Bank of Russia’), following the transfer of the functions of ...
SEC Charges New York-Based Brokerage Firm and CEO With Committing Fraud During CDO Liquidation Auctions
February 20th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York City-based brokerage firm and its CEO with fraudulently deceiving other market participants while conducting auctions to liquidate collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). An SEC investigation found that VCAP Securities and ...
Thomson Reuters Expands Equity Index Series with Globally Listed Infrastructure Indices
February 19th, 2015
Asset managers and investors to benefit from proprietary five-level business classification system to track the performance of utilities, transport infrastructure, energy infrastructure and telecommunications infrastructure companies Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, ...
Exchange Traded Fund Assets under management to exceed $5 trillion by 2020
January 26th, 2015
Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Standard & Poor’s for Fraudulent Ratings Misconduct
January 22nd, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a series of federal securities law violations by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services involving fraudulent misconduct in its ratings of certain commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). S&P agreed to pay more than $58 ...
SEC Charges UBS Subsidiary With Disclosure Violations and Other Regulatory Failures in Operating Dark Pool
January 16th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a subsidiary of UBS with disclosure failures and other securities law violations related to the operation and marketing of its dark pool. UBS Securities LLC agreed to settle the charges by paying ...
SEC Charges Direct Edge Exchanges With Failing to Properly Describe Order Types
January 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by BATS Global Markets have agreed to pay a $14 million penalty to settle charges that their rules failed to ...
Finra to Probe Broker Conflicts When Exchanges Offer Rebates
January 8th, 2015
Some brokers might not be getting the best prices for clients when they send stock orders to exchanges that offer rebates, regulators said in an outline of annual oversight priorities. Recent brokerage inspections found that some firms don’t have ...
