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Registered Rep. March 21, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Former Prudential Broker Barred for Market Timing A federal judge barred for life a former Prudential Securities broker for failing to respond to an order instituting proceedings issued by the SEC over fraud charges. But that may be the least of his worries. |
Registered Rep. November 5, 2003 Churchill & Gaffen |
Pru Market-Timing Charges Widen The investigation into mutual fund trading abuses is widening, with the release of a complaint filed by the Massachusetts Securities Division against brokers who formerly worked in Prudential Securities' hub office in Boston. |
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. November 3, 2003 Will Leitch |
Fund Scandal Implicates Stockbrokers The mutual fund trading scandals headlines seemed to implicate mutual fund family executives and hedge funds -- everybody but individual retail brokers and brokerage management. But a new survey by the SEC charges brokers with abusive trading of mutual funds. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 |
Blotter Lawyers, Drugs and Money... More Market-Timing Fallout... Bank of America in Hot Seat... |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Blotter SEC Busts Another Ponzi... Broker Bends for Hedgies... NASD Says Firm Ignored Red Flags... |
Registered Rep. October 13, 2005 John Churchill |
Market-Timer Banned and Fined Theodore Sihpol III, the former broker at Banc of America Securities (BAS) and poster boy for the market-timing scandals, agreed to pay a $200,000 fine and to accept a five-year ban from the securities industry. |
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. September 21, 2005 Susan Konig |
Rogue Broker's Management Culpable Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) was ordered to pay a $6.9 million fine to the SEC for failing to supervise Dennis Herula, a former broker who is currently in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of fraud. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton |
Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others? |
Registered Rep. January 13, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
SEC Displays Enforcement Commitment in Leveling Record Penalty Daniel Calugar, a former Las Vegas stock trader, settled with the SEC regarding charges involving market timing and late trading of mutual funds. The settlement will require him to pay a record $153 million in penalties. |
Registered Rep. May 28, 2009 Kristen French |
Former Brookstreet Brokers Hit With Fraud Charges Almost two years after their firm imploded, 16 brokers from Brookstreet Securities may have come to justice. |
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. December 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen |
Suddenly, A Monster Wachovia Securities has gradually, then all of a sudden, emerged as a monster brokerage firm. But Wachovia management insists that its Richmond roots aren't the only difference between it and its New York-based rivals. |
Registered Rep. March 21, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
SEC and U.S. Attorney's Office Indict Traders and Executives in `Squawk Box' Scheme The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme allowed daytraders to trade based on overheard customer orders. |
Registered Rep. December 2, 2003 Will Leitch |
Spitzer, OCC Issue Corporate Death Penalty The news came right before the Thanksgiving holiday, so you might have missed it. But let there be no doubt: The mutual fund investigations have now gone nuclear. |
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. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes." |
Registered Rep. July 30, 2003 Will Leitch |
SIA Says "Me Too" on Sales Fee Investigations Amid the brewing investigations into mutual fund sales practices, the Securities Industry Association came out last week in support of the new Joint NASD/Industry Task Force. |
Registered Rep. February 2, 2006 Kristen French |
Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest. |
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. 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. |
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. 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. December 1, 2004 Karen F. Donovan |
Raymond James Fights a Lonely Battle with the SEC After nearly two years of negotiations, the agency charged Raymond James Financial Services with civil fraud in connection with the conduct of a rogue broker who worked off-site as an independent rep in Cranston, R.I. |
Registered Rep. August 15, 2005 Kevin Burke |
SEC Nabs Brokers for Pirating Squawk Box Info The SEC has charged four brokers and a daytrader with cheating investors through a fraudulent scheme to eavesdrop on confidential order flow information, enabling them to "trade ahead" of large orders at more favorable prices. |
InternetNews September 21, 2007 David Needle |
Steve Jobs to Testify in Backdating Case Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify in a stock-options back-dating case against Apple's former general counsel, Nancy Heinen. |
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? |
Investment Advisor July 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell |
Fiduciary D-Day Arrives As the SEC launches into rulemaking, lots of 'thorny issues' will surface. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Tell the SEC What You Think Help the Securities and Exchange Commission disclose Wall Street's conflicts of interest by giving feedback on their proposed rule changes for mutual funds. |
Registered Rep. February 19, 2010 Christina Mucciolo |
FINRA Seeks to Expand BrokerCheck, Make Some Records Permanent The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced it is seeking the SEC's approval to expand the amount of information made public on current and former brokers' permanent records in its free online CRD database, BrokerCheck. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. |
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. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Robert Pozen |
Think Twice Congress is seriously debating legislation that would significantly expand the coverage of the Investment Advisers Act, empower the SEC to make rules on advisor compensation and increase the likelihood of lawsuits against advisors. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Better Way to Check Your Broker? A former SEC guy is aiming to help you steer clear of ne'er-do-wells. Meanwhile, make sure that the brokerage you're using is best for your needs. Odds are, you can find a better brokerage that charges you less or offers more services. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Melanie Waddell |
A Busy Year in Washington Now that the Rand report assessing the advisory and broker/dealer industries has been released, No doubt advisors and brokers will be anticipating any possible regulatory actions that the SEC may take. |
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. |
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? |
Registered Rep. April 6, 2005 John Churchill |
SEC Adopts Broker-Dealer Exemption Over the vociferous objections of fee-only financial planners, the SEC voted unanimously to permanently adopt the broker/dealer exemption rule, formerly known as the Merrill Lynch exemption. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 James A. Barnash |
Why We're Suing The FPA president explains the lawsuit over the SEC's broker-dealer rule that exempted certain broker-dealers from disclosure standards that apply to investment advisers and most financial planners. |
Registered Rep. January 12, 2006 John Churchill |
UBS Dinged $50 Million for Market Timing New York Stock Exchange Regulation, along with the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, today announced that UBS Financial Services was fined $49.5 million for failure to supervise the deceptive market timing activities of its brokers. |
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Amy Borrus |
Brokers Aren't Advisers The line between brokers and advisers was clear for decades. But in 1999, the Securities & Exchange Commission blurred that line. Now, to protect investors, the SEC must redraw a clear line. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 |
The Original SEC Rule The Security and Exchange Commission's original decision on the broker/dealer exemption rule exempting brokers from regulation as an investment advisor even when they were being paid fees for investment advice. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Will Leitch |
NASD Investigates Potential Breakpoint Violations The confusing slew of regulations that have followed on the heels of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has tapped a strange feeling in brokers: the fear of violating securities rules unwittingly. A recent investigation by the NASD shows their worries are not unfounded. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 |
Blotter Punk'd: The NYSE and the states of New Jersey and Connecticut fined Merrill Lynch... Promises, Promises: The SEC has filed "an emergency civil action"... Scam artists: Former heads of First Capital Services... |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes its Draft Strategic Plan outlining the Commission's strategic goals for 2010 through 2015. |
Registered Rep. January 27, 2004 John Churchill |
New Rule Makes Clearing Your Record Harder Brokers can expect a new rule that will make removing customer complaints and disciplinary actions from their public records much more difficult. |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2005 Kristen French |
Wachovia Shaves Payout, Levels Charges on In-House and Outside SMAs After simplifying it's payout structure earlier this year, Wachovia Securities announced that it would make some more tweaks in 2006 and raise ticket charges on some in-house money-management products to match those of third-party products. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 John Churchill |
`Merrill Rule' Debate Not Over The SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders, or registered reps, to position themselves as financial advisors -- with certain caveats. But once again the SEC seemed to hedge its bet. So the debate rages on. |
Registered Rep. March 4, 2009 John Churchill |
SEC Sued by Stanford Group Advisors for Violation of Constitutional Rights The SEC has frozen client accounts of Stanford Financial Group advisors, and has ordered them not to communicate with their clients. The advisors are fighting back. |