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Registered Rep.
July 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
The Auction Rate Securities Mess Still Lives This time it was TD Ameritrade, without admitting or denying guilt, who settled with the SEC "for making inaccurate statements when selling auction rate securities (ARS) to customers."   |
Registered Rep.
June 3, 2009
David Geracioti |
ARS Games -- SEC Blames Firms, Settles with BAC, RBC and DEUTSCHE When the auction rate securities market froze up in February 2008, angry clients blamed their financial advisors. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2008
John Churchill |
Citi Settles With SEC and Cuomo Over ARS Failure The firm has agreed to buy back auction rate securities sold to institutional and retail investors nationwide who've been stuck with the illiquid investment vehicles since February 12, 2008. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2009
Robert Steyer |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Auction Rate Securities Auction rate securities were promoted as being as safe as CDs, but when the ARS soured in early 2008 and customers wanted their money back, promoters said the accounts were frozen. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2011
Diana Britton |
Raymond James Rep Count, Assets Up Amid Tough Recruiting Environment Raymond James Financial's private client group added 20 advisors and reported a $3 billion boost in client assets. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2011
John Reeves |
Banks Promise Not to Commit Fraud ... Until Next Time Banks have been signing pledges that they do not follow through on. |
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. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Buyer's Remorse Treasury departments are still paying a price for auction-rate securities. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 29, 2005
Kristen French |
Raymond James Fined, Drops Fee-Based Brokerage---Will Others Follow? Following the NASD fine of Raymond James for pushing fee-based accounts on the wrong clients, the next question is how the settlement will affect other firms that offer the same accounts, including wirehouse giants Morgan Stanley, Merrill and Smith Barney. |
Registered Rep.
April 24, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Raymond James Takes a 2Q Hit -- But Gains Retail Advisors Raymond James Financial posted dismal overall earnings for the second quarter, but its private client group appears to be a bright spot. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010 |
B/D News Licensing for insurers and brokers... scamming Madoff victims... NASAA's settlement with UBS... |
Registered Rep.
February 15, 2012
Diana Britton |
More Advisors Fleeing Morgan Keegan Morgan Keegan has lost seven financial advisors since December, FINRA filings show. They follow some 190 other advisors who fled over the past six months. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2011
Lorie Konish |
Morgan Keegan's Woes May Not Be Over Morgan Keegan has aggressively fought funds-related arbitration cases and will continue to do so. |
Registered Rep.
January 11, 2010
David A. Geracioti |
BoA and TD Ameritrade on Raymond James' Analysts' Best Picks for 2010 Analysts at Raymond James pick a list of stocks believed to produce above-average price appreciation over the next 55 weeks. |
Registered Rep.
June 26, 2008
John Churchill |
Tough Morning For Brokerage Sector Stomachs are surely turning at the wirehouse brokerage firms this morning. |
Registered Rep.
December 9, 2003
Will Leitch |
Raymond James Audits Itself In the wake of last week's news that regulators have recommended "enforcement action" against Raymond James Financial for failure to offer clients breakpoints, the Florida-based brokerage has called for an all-hands-on-deck audit of its mutual fund trading. |
Registered Rep.
September 26, 2008 |
Ray Jay Wants In On Bank Action Raymond James Financial Services plans to convert itself into a bank. |
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... |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Big Guys Fight Back Broker-dealers try to find their bearings in 2010 as their antagonists push back. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Dollar General Dodges Bullet The discounter pays its way out of an SEC bookkeeping imbroglio with the usual spineless settlement. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 18, 2005
Maria Wakem |
E-Mail Contention While most financial services firms are now compliant with SEC e-mail retention rules, the problem of selecting the best technology for the job still persists and is largely due to confusion among compliance and IT departments regarding what needs to be accomplished. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 22, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Raymond James Financial and Wells Fargo Retail Brokerage Units Hang In There A report on earnings from two major financial firms. |
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2011
Charlie Paikert |
Morgan Keegan On The Block After Regions Settles Fraud Charges Morgan Keegan may soon be for sale after agreeing to a $210 million settlement with federal, state and industry regulators over issues related to subprime mortgage-backed securities. |
Registered Rep.
April 2, 2012
Diana Britton |
It's Official: Morgan Keegan Advisors Now Work for Raymond James The next step in the integration process will be to roll out Raymond James' products and services to Morgan Keegan advisors. |
Registered Rep.
January 23, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Raymond James Lookin' Good--But For How Long? The folks at Raymond James have something to smile about -- the company posted positive numbers for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, and managed to beat some analysts' expectations. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Marion Asnes |
40 Years of Tom James When Tom James became CEO of Raymond James in 1970, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the low 800s. He's had quite a ride. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Jesse Westbrook & David Scheer |
How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
Registered Rep.
July 24, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Raymond James Q3 Earnings Down But Retail FA Recruiting A Bright Spot Raymond James is experiencing a rush of interest from apparently disgruntled wirehouse advisors. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Auction Rate Agony Investors get frozen out of their money as auction rate securities shrivel. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it. |
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
April 8, 2008
Rich Smith |
Psst. Buddy. Wanna Buy a Bond? Auction-rate securities should make investors feel anything but secure. |
Registered Rep.
February 25, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Wells Fargo Settles Sex Discrimination Claims For $32 Million Wells Fargo Advisors has tentatively agreed to a $32 million settlement of a federal class-action gender discrimination lawsuit brought in 2009 by three women financial advisors who worked at its legacy Wachovia Securities brokerage. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2013
Mason Braswell |
Raymond James' New Breed Pushes Ahead After Morgan Keegan Acquisition The acquisition of Morgan Keegan added hundreds to Raymond James wealth management ranks one year ago. Branch Manager Robert Brewer reveals how he made the transition. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2011 |
Raymond James Financial Earnings Preview Raymond James Financial will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, July 20. |
Registered Rep.
October 20, 2011
Diana Britton |
Raymond James Posts Flat Earnings, Record Advisor Productivity in Fiscal Q4 CEO Paul Reilly said the private client group had strong performance driven by record advisor productivity. |
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2005
Kristen French |
Raymond James Fined, Plans to Drop Fee-Based Brokerage As part of the sanctions imposed by the NASD, if Raymond James doesn't discontinue its fee-based brokerage business, the firm will have to retain an independent consultant to oversee the creation of a supervisory system for the fee-based brokerage business. |
