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FINRA Alters Remote Inspection Proposal to Satisfy Critics

January 3rd, 2023 at 1:02 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has amended its proposal to permit financial advisory firms to conduct their internal inspections remotely beyond year-end 2023 to satisfy state regulators and investor advocates. 
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FINRA Fines Edward Jones $1.1 Million For Mishandling Phone Records

January 2nd, 2023 at 3:01 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a $1.1 million fine to Edward Jones for allegedly mishandling phone records that FINRA was seeking. 
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RIAs Increasingly Rely on Non-Competes Borrowed From Broker-Dealers

December 22nd, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Registered investment advisory firms (RIAs) have borrowed a legal tactic from the broker-dealer space, as RIAs increasingly take defectors to court with allegations of non-compete clause violations, according to a recent article published by AdvisorHub. 
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FINRA Fines LPL $150,000 For Failing to Detect Advisor’s Ponzi Scheme

December 21st, 2022 at 1:33 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined LPL Financial $150,000 for failing to adequately supervise an advisor who later was found to have perpetuated a Ponzi scheme. 
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SEC Alerts Financial Advisory Firms to Their Failure to Protect Clients From Identity Theft

December 20th, 2022 at 1:15 PM
Financial advisory firms are failing to design and maintain effective policies and procedures to restrict hackers from stealing clients’ personal and confidential information, according to a risk alert published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Former LPL Advisor Arrested On Theft Charges

December 19th, 2022 at 2:14 PM
Bradley Goodbred, a former LPL advisor who was recently charged with theft by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was arrested by suburban Chicago police last week. 
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Eccleston Law LLC Investigates Fallout at Firms Fined by the SEC Over Electronic Communications

December 16th, 2022 at 1:34 PM
The SEC charged several broker-dealers with failure to maintain and preserve electronic communications, including text messages, assessing over $1 billion in fines.  According to the SEC press release, “The firms admitted the facts set forth in their respective SEC orders, acknowledged that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws, agreed to pay combined penalties of more than $1.1 billion, and have begun implementing improvements to their compliance policies and procedures to settle these matters.”
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Former GWG CEO Resigns From Board

December 16th, 2022 at 1:27 PM
GWG Holdings announced its bankruptcy earlier this year, which has resulted in the resignations of multiple members of its board of directors. 
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FINRA Issues $1.3 Million Penalty To Advisor Group Over Private Placement Sales

December 15th, 2022 at 3:32 PM
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a $1.3 million fine to the four Advisor Group firms, FSC Securities, Royal Alliance Associates, SagePoint Financial, and Woodbury Financial Services, for selling private placements issued by GPB Capital Holdings.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Charged by SEC With Fraud Over FTX Collapse

December 14th, 2022 at 3:21 PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with eight criminal counts, including conspiracy and wire fraud, for allegedly misappropriating billions of dollars in customer funds. 
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