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News Releases & Statements
WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. of Atlanta, GA, to pay $1.44 million to resolve charges related to unsuitable Unit Investment Trust (UIT), Closed-End Fund (CEF) and mutual fund transactions.
WASHINGTON -- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced the appointment of Susan F. Axelrod as Executive Vice President and head of the organization's Member Regulation Sales Practice area.
WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $7.5 million for negligently misrepresenting delinquency data in connection with the issuance of subprime securities.
WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warned investors today about Internet-based Ponzi schemes called high-yield investment programs (HYIPs), which purport to offer returns of 20, 30, 100 percent or more per day. HYIPs are unregistered investments sold by unlicensed individuals using sophisticated-looking websites.
WASHINGTON - The amount of information available to the public about current and former securities brokers will expand significantly in coming months, as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) implements changes to its free, online BrokerCheck service recently approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
WASHINGTON - A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) hearing panel has permanently barred a former Deutsche Bank broker from the securities industry for manipulating the price of Monogram Biosciences (MGRM) stock in an effort to enrich a hedge fund client, himself and his family.
WASHINGTON - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has imposed fines totaling $4.3 million against Phoenix Derivatives Group, LLC of New York and eight brokers - three employed at Phoenix and five at four other interdealer brokerage firms - for improper communications about customers' proposed brokerage rate reductions in the wholesale credit default swap (CDS) market.
WASHINGTON and SYDNEY - The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to promote and support greater cooperation between the two regulators.
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, June 14, 2010 - NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that they have completed the previously announced agreement under which FINRA will assume responsibility for performing the market surveillance and enforcement functions currently conducted by NYSE Regulation. The agreement is effective immediately.