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FINRA Updates Sanction Guidelines by Eliminating Suggested Fine Cap

Posted on October 18th, 2022 at 2:19 PM
FINRA Updates Sanction Guidelines by Eliminating Suggested Fine Cap

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has updated its sanction guidelines used to determine the level of fines or penalties to impose on firms and their financial advisors. 

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FINRA Suspends Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Over Unauthorized Trading and Texting

Posted on October 14th, 2022 at 1:05 PM
FINRA Suspends Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Over Unauthorized Trading and Texting

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a two-month suspension and a $10,000 fine to a former Morgan Stanley advisor to settle claims pertaining to unauthorized trading and improper use of a personal phone to text clients. 

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FINRA Fines Financial Advisory Firm After Elderly Client Was Loaded Up on Margin

Posted on September 27th, 2022 at 1:04 PM
FINRA Fines Financial Advisory Firm After Elderly Client Was Loaded Up on Margin

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has agreed to an $86,000 settlement with SagePoint Financial over allegations that the firm failed to effectively supervise its advisors’ use of margin in client accounts. 

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FINRA Penalizes Baird Over $100 Trading Commissions

Posted on September 22nd, 2022 at 2:15 PM
FINRA Penalizes Baird Over $100 Trading Commissions

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered Robert W. Baird & Co. to pay $461,481 plus interest due to allegations that the firm overcharged its clients on thousands of equity transactions for at least one year.

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FINRA Arbitrators Award Nearly $470,000 To Investors in UBS YES Product

Posted on September 21st, 2022 at 1:23 PM
FINRA Arbitrators Award Nearly $470,000 To Investors in UBS YES Product

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered UBS to pay nearly $470,000 to clients who invested in a complex options strategy, known as the YES or Yield Enhancement Strategy. 

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Former David Lerner Advisor Agrees To Settlement Over Proprietary Energy Fund

Posted on September 12th, 2022 at 12:55 PM
Former David Lerner Advisor Agrees To Settlement Over Proprietary Energy Fund

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has agreed to a settlement with a barred David Lerner advisor over the millions of dollars of unpaid distributions owed to investors who purchased a proprietary energy fund prior to energy prices collapsing in 2020.

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FINRA Settles With Kovack Over Failure to Supervise

Posted on September 9th, 2022 at 1:11 PM
FINRA Settles With Kovack Over Failure to Supervise

Kovack Securities over the firm’s failure to supervise one of its unnamed advisors who improperly recommended short-term investments in mutual fund share classes. 

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FINRA Suspends Former Merrill Advisor Over Unauthorized Trades

Posted on September 8th, 2022 at 1:48 PM
FINRA Suspends Former Merrill Advisor Over Unauthorized Trades

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a 45-day suspension and a $5,000 fine on a former Merrill Lynch advisor who allegedly completed unauthorized trades in three separate client accounts. 

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FINRA Warns Member Firms of E-Signature Violations

Posted on August 24th, 2022 at 1:35 PM
FINRA Warns Member Firms of E-Signature Violations

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a regulatory notice warning financial advisor firms to closely monitor how advisors utilize third-party digital signature platforms amidst a spike in forgery and falsifications.

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FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan Over Failure to Supervise a Former Advisor

Posted on August 19th, 2022 at 1:30 PM
FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan Over Failure to Supervise a Former Advisor

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined J.P. Morgan $200,000 for failing to reasonably supervise a former advisor who made several unsuitable trades in his wealthy grandmother’s account. 

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