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A Nevada advisor won expungement and $50,000 in damages after an arbitrator found that Merrill Lynch’s investigation and firing showed reckless disregard for the truth.
Christopher Hibbard, a former Merrill Lynch advisor from Louisville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement, AdvisorHub reported.
Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay a $2 million fine and $24.3 million in reimbursement to clients to settle an action brought by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation.
Former Merrill Lynch advisor, Andrew LeBlanc II, agreed to pay a $20,000 fine and serve a six-month suspension from association with any FINRA member firm in any capacity.
The New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation has launched an investigation of Merrill Lynch relating to the sales practices of two former Merrill Lynch advisors, Charles Kenahan and Dermod Cavanaugh. The New Hampshire state regulator is investigating claims of excessive trading made by Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire. According to that report, settlement talks between the state regulator and Merrill Lynch are on-going.
Former Merrill Lynch broker, Christopher M. Roumayeh, agreed to a $15,000 fine and a 21-month suspension from association with any FINRA member firm in all capacities. According to FINRA Enforcement, Roumayeh engaged in outside business activities without providing prior written notice to his firm.
Merrill Lynch agreed to a censure and a $150,000 fine to settle alleged violations with FINRA Enforcement. According to FINRA Enforcement, Merrill Lynch allowed an executive to function as a principal in its prime brokerage business, despite the fact that the executive was not registered with FINRA.
Merrill Lynch is the latest financial firm to experience connection disruptions. Robinhood, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have also experienced their own outages as these firms move to a remote workplace. Merrill Lynch brokers nationwide were affected by this outage, which caused them to lose access to their workstations. The firm said that the outage was due to an issue with its internet service provider.
A broker who left JPMorgan's banking channel to join Merrill Lynch has agreed to a preliminary injunction barring him from soliciting his former clients as the parties await a FINRA arbitration proceeding.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) with overvaluing collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and executing unlawful cross-trades that favored certain clients.
According to SEC.gov, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and Harvest Volatility Management LLC for exceeding clients’ designated investment limits, resulting in higher fees, increased market exposure, and financial losses.
A new lawsuit claims that Charles Schwab failed to protect an elderly client from a fraudulent scheme that drained her retirement savings.