Tagged with "Morgan Stanley"

A FINRA Panel Grants Morgan Stanley’s Request for a Permanent Injunction Preventing Former Reps From Soliciting Clients

Posted on July 14th, 2017 at 10:00 AM
A FINRA Panel Grants Morgan Stanley’s Request for a Permanent Injunction Preventing Former Reps From Soliciting Clients

A three-person FINRA arbitration panel has granted Morgan Stanley’s request for a permanent injunction prohibiting a pair of former reps from soliciting clients from their new Janney Montgomery Scott office.

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Morgan Stanley to Pay an $8 Million Penalty

Posted on February 22nd, 2017 at 8:59 AM
Morgan Stanley to Pay an $8 Million Penalty

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and admit wrongdoing in order to settle charges by the SEC. 

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Morgan Stanley Fined By Regulators For Violating Customer Protection Rule

Posted on February 2nd, 2017 at 9:15 AM
Morgan Stanley Fined By Regulators For Violating Customer Protection Rule

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle SEC charges that it used trades involving customer cash to lower the firm’s borrowing cost. 

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Morgan Stanley Fined For Online Disclosure Failures

Posted on January 13th, 2017 at 12:10 PM
Morgan Stanley Fined For Online Disclosure Failures

FINRA has censured Morgan Stanley and fined it $1.5 million for allegedly failing to provide millions of customers access to online information on purchases of mutual funds and other products.

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FINRA Suspends Ex-Morgan Stanley Client Administrator

Posted on October 26th, 2016 at 9:16 AM
FINRA Suspends Ex-Morgan Stanley Client Administrator

FINRA has fined and suspended a former Client Service Administrator (CSA) at Morgan Stanley for fraudulently transferring money from a client's account to third party bank accounts and for falsifying records. 

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2015 Representative Movement

Posted on October 13th, 2016 at 9:03 AM

In 2015, wirehouse firms such as UBS Financial, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors and Morgan Stanley, incurred a net loss of 312 reps.

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Massachusetts Charges Morgan Stanley For Unethical Behavior

Posted on October 7th, 2016 at 3:19 PM

The state of Massachusetts has charged Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for conducting a sales contest among its financial advisers to encourage clients to borrow money against their brokerage accounts.  

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FINRA Homes in On Rogue Broker Supervisory Failures

Posted on August 7th, 2015 at 4:18 PM
FINRA Homes in On Rogue Broker Supervisory Failures

FINRA has reached a $1 million settlement with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Scottrade Inc. Both brokerage firms allegedly had holes in their compliance systems which allowed brokers to improperly move funds without causing suspicion. Neither company admitted to or denied the charges, but both agreed to the sanctions.

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FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley And Scottrade For Failing to Detect Fraudulent Wire Transfer

Posted on July 24th, 2015 at 4:08 PM
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley And Scottrade For Failing to Detect Fraudulent Wire Transfer

Morgan Stanley and Scottrade Inc. agreed to pay $950,000 to FINRA after the regulatory authority deemed that the two firms failed to monitor wire transfers of customer funds to third-party accounts.

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Morgan Stanley Restructures Number of Management Roles

Posted on July 1st, 2015 at 1:00 PM
Morgan Stanley Restructures Number of Management Roles

In its latest round of restructuring, Morgan Stanley has altered the number of management roles at their branch, complex and regional levels. The top positions affected are Associate Complex Managers (ACMs) and Complex Business Development Managers (CBDMs).

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January 8, 2025
Merrill Lynch Agrees to $4.9 Million Settlement in Overtime Pay Dispute

Merrill Lynch will pay $4.9 million to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by current and former salaried Financial Solutions Advisors (FSAs) who alleged the firm wrongfully denied them overtime pay. As reported by AdvisorHub, a Florida state judge recently approved the settlement, which will compensate eligible FSAs who worked at the firm over the past three years.

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Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Sanctioned for Undisclosed Hotel Business

FINRA has fined Chris S. Stocks, a former Morgan Stanley advisor, $10,000 and suspended him for 30 days for failing to disclose his involvement in a hotel business. 

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JPMorgan Fined $1.8 Million by Singapore Regulator for Misconduct in Bond Transactions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) fined JPMorgan Chase & Co. $1.8 million for failing to prevent and detect misconduct by its relationship managers during 24 over-the-counter (OTC) bond transactions between November 2018 and September 2019.