Tagged with "FINRA"

Merrill Lynch Pays $40 Million to Settle Broker Churning

Posted on January 7th, 2020 at 1:23 PM
Merrill Lynch Pays $40 Million to Settle Broker Churning

Churning allegations involving a former Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch (“Merrill Lynch”) broker have cost the wirehouse $40 million, and it still faces another costly complaint from another customer related to the same broker.

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Broker Barred by FINRA for Failure to Appear at OTR

Posted on December 30th, 2019 at 4:48 PM
Broker Barred by FINRA for Failure to Appear at OTR

James D’Meo, formerly a registered representative with Kenneth Jerome & Co., agreed to accept a bar from the securities industry after refusing to appear for a follow-up on-the-record interview (“OTR”) with FINRA.  On November 21, 2019, D’Meo signed a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) agreeing to a bar without admitting or denying FINRA’s findings.

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Broker Suspended after Allowing Unauthorized Transactions by Wife in Husband’s Account

Posted on December 27th, 2019 at 5:11 PM
Broker Suspended after Allowing Unauthorized Transactions by Wife in Husband’s Account

Eugene Nathan Gordon, a former Morgan Stanley broker, agreed to a 90-day suspension by FINRA for allowing a wife to make withdrawals from her husband’s retirement account without written authorization from the husband.

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FINRA Orders UBS to Pay Over $11 Million in Defamation Case

Posted on December 17th, 2019 at 2:54 PM

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) ordered UBS Financial Services Inc. to pay more than $11 million to a former supervisor who claimed the firm defamed him in explaining his departure.

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FINRA consolidates Its Examination Functions

Posted on December 16th, 2019 at 2:16 PM
FINRA consolidates Its Examination Functions

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") has merged its examination operations and will review brokerages based on their business models next year. 

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FINRA Arbitration Panel Dismissed TRO Against Former Edward Jones Broker

Posted on December 12th, 2019 at 2:13 PM
FINRA Arbitration Panel Dismissed TRO Against Former Edward Jones Broker

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) arbitration panel recently dismissed a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against a former Edward Jones broker who initially agreed to the TRO prohibiting him from telling customers about his move to Ameriprise.

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FINRA's Survey Confirms B-Ds Worry About the Aging of Registered Representatives

Posted on November 13th, 2019 at 4:26 PM
FINRA's Survey Confirms B-Ds Worry About the Aging of Registered Representatives

Not only there are concerns about senior investors, there are also concerns about senior advisors. About 65% of broker-dealers ("B-Ds") are "worried about the aging [of] registered representative population at their firms," according to the cell phone poll taken at the Senior Investor Protection Conference by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. ("FINRA").

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FINRA Ordered Raymond James to Pay $3.2 Million to Customers Harmed by Oil and Gas Investments

Posted on November 7th, 2019 at 5:22 PM
FINRA Ordered Raymond James to Pay $3.2 Million to Customers Harmed by Oil and Gas Investments

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (“FINRA”) has ordered Raymond James and Associates Inc. (“Raymond James”) to pay $3.2 million to more than two dozen customers over unauthorized trading in oil and gas ventures.

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FINRA Finds Lack of Oversight by Some Firms In Sale of Investment Products and Exchanges

Posted on November 1st, 2019 at 1:43 PM
FINRA Finds Lack of Oversight by Some Firms In Sale of Investment Products and Exchanges

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. ("FINRA") said that some brokerages are not doing enough to prevent sales of investment products that are inappropriate for their customers.

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FINRA’s Ten Largest BD Arbitration Awards in 2019

Posted on October 16th, 2019 at 2:29 PM
FINRA’s Ten Largest BD Arbitration Awards in 2019

As the year comes to an end, ThinkAdvisor has released the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA’s) 10 largest broker-dealer (BD) arbitration awards in 2019. They are, in order from highest to lowest:

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