Legal & Compliance

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SEC Investor Advocate Asks For Temporary Ban On Mandatory Arbitration

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Advisors who use these types of arbitration clauses in client contracts may be violating their fiduciary duties, she said.

Finra Tried To Ban Firm For 60,000% Fee Hike. It Hasn't Been Easy

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Self-regulatory organizations are the latest target of U.S. conservatives pushing to dismantle big government.

Why This CEO Thinks You Should Ditch Your Credit Cards

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Affirm's Max Levchin says buy-now, pay-later loans offer a better alternative. Federal regulators aren't so sure.

Trade Group Wants Withdrawal Of State Regulators' Unethical Practices Proposal

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State regulators say they want to align state rules on ethical broker behavior with federal rules.

Finra Bars One Advisor, Fines Another For Using Cell Phones During Exams

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Both advisors were terminated by their former firms, according to Finra.

Finra Fines Four Firms $2.6M For Securities Lending Violations

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The sanctions include $1 million for investors who didn't approve deals but got tax bills anyway.

Online Brokerage Public Lets Individual Investors Buy Pieces Of Corporate Bonds

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Its retail investors will be able to buy slices of corporate bonds just like they do with stocks.

Wall Street CEOs Head To Washington With Capital-Rule Concerns

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The heads of the biggest U.S. banks want to water down capital rule proposals.

House Moves Ahead On Bill That Would Block DOL Fiduciary Rule

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Hearings on the bill are scheduled for this week, but it stands little chance of gaining President Biden's signature.

Nashville B-D Closes Doors After L Bond Meltdown

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Center Street Securities was facing steep claims for its sales of bonds for bankrupt GWG Holdings.

Advisor To Serve 8 Years For Scamming $4.3M From Amish

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Earl D. Miller was ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

BofA Securities Fined $24 Million For Treasurys 'Spoofing'

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The firm engaged in 717 instances of Treasury trade manipulation over six years, Finra said.

CFP Board Names New Head Of Government Relations

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The board also promoted a staffer to head the organization's planner recruitment initiatives.

Bank Of America To Pay $12 Million Over Reporting Of False Mortgage Data

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Some of the bank's loan officers allegedly failed to ask applicants about their race, ethnicity and sex and then lied about it.

Finra Suspends Ex-Morgan Stanley Advisor Over Preferred Stock Transaction

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Sara Qazi, now at Raymond James, allegedly participated in a preferred stock sale without the wirehouse's permission.

Alleged Vermont Shooter Is A Former Advisor And Broker

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Jason Eaton of Burlington was terminated by CUSO Financial Services weeks before the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent.

Former Advisor Barred For Allegedly Defrauding Clients By Cherry-Picking Trades

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Marguerite Toroian also agreed to pay the SEC more than $1.5M for engaging in the alleged scheme.

$468M N.Y. RIA Violated Custody Rule, SEC Says

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The agency charged Brite Advisors with failing to disclose that client assets were used to secure loans.

House Committee Chair Blasts DOL For Rushing Fiduciary Rule

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Virginia Foxx wants the DOL to extend the comment period for the proposed rule.

Finra Bars Broker For Reg BI Violations Over Churning

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Christopher Kennedy directed more than 5,300 trades in four accounts, Finra said.

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