Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today launched the Fund Analyzer, an innovative, easy-to-use online tool to help mutual fund investors make smart investment choices.
Washington, DC - Mari J. Buechner, president and CEO of Coordinated Capital Securities, Inc. (CCS) of Madison, WI, was elected today to a small firm seat on the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). She will serve out the term of Richard Goble, who resigned in July. That term will expire on July 30, 2010.
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. of New York $300,000 for failing to reasonably supervise the commissions its brokers charged on stock and option trades. Although not part of the formal sanctions, the firm has offered to reimburse affected customers.
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has imposed a $250,000 fine against J.P. Turner & Company, LLC of Atlanta, GA, for failing to have an adequate supervisory system designed to ensure that its registered representatives charged customers fair and reasonable commissions on stock trades.
Washington, D.C. — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has reached agreements in principle with City National Securities (CNS), of Beverly Hills, CA, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC of New York and Harris Investor Services, Inc. of Chicago, to settle charges relating to the sale of Auction Rate Securities (ARS).
Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued What to Expect When You Open a Brokerage Account, a step-by-step guide to help investors opening new investment accounts.
Washington, DC — Nearly 200 military spouses living in the United States and abroad have been accepted into the highly competitive Military Spouse Fellowship Program
Washington, DC - FINRA announced today that it imposed a $1.1 million fine on Banorte Securities International, Ltd. for unsuitable sales of Class B shares in off-shore mutual funds as well as failing to have adequate supervisory systems to monitor those sales.
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined SunTrust Investment Services, Inc., $700,000 for supervisory violations relating to its fee-based brokerage business and to commissions on certain low-priced stocks.
New York - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to have investor cases with claims of up to $100,000 in dispute heard by a single public arbitrator, an increase from $50,000.