Washington, DC — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that in separate enforcement actions, it has permanently barred two brokers for running multi-million-dollar Ponzi schemes that victimized a wide range of investors — including elderly individuals, mentally and physically impaired individuals, church members and even family friends.
Comments on Regulatory Notice 22-08 I am a self-directed retail user of investing products that is approaching retirement. I do not have a finance background per se, but I have a PhD in engineering with a career revolving around probabilistic risk assessment, and financial concepts translate well. I am not necessarily representative of the “typical” self-directed investor that the regulatory
Washington, DC - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined three broker-dealers - J.P. Turner & Co., of Atlanta, Park Financial Group, Inc., of Maitland, FL and Legent Clearing, LLC, of Omaha - for failing to implement reasonable anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs, including the failure to detect, investigate and report instances of potentially suspicious transactions in low-priced stocks.
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has entered into final settlements with four additional firms to settle charges relating to the sale of Auction Rate Securities (ARS) that became illiquid when auctions froze in February 2008.
Beginning Thursday, September 1, 2022, certain depository institutions (Covered Depository Institutions) will be required to report transactions in U.S. Treasury securities, agency debt securities and agency mortgage-backed securities (Covered Securities) to FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE).
Washington, D.C. — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has expelled Barron Moore, Inc. of Dallas, TX and taken disciplinary action against seven individuals for violations arising from the illegal sale of unregistered penny stocks. Those sanctions range from fines and suspensions to permanent bars from the securities industry.
Thank you so much Lori for that kind introduction, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for hosting this important program. I am thrilled to be here. And I want to add my welcome to Lori's and Chairman Cox's.
Washington, D.C. - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined SMH Capital Inc. (f/k/a Sanders Morris Harris, Inc.) of Houston, TX, $450,000 for failing to adopt adequate supervisory procedures and systems designed to address its prime brokerage and soft dollar services to hedge funds. As a result, SMH made improper payments of $325,000 in soft dollars to
An unprecedented number of companies are pursuing an alternative path to entering the public market by using a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC. In 2020, SPACs raised over $80 billion, and in the first nine weeks of 2021 SPACS raised over $70 billion. Here are some basics on SPAC investing.
FINRA, NASDAQ, BX, PHLX, ISE, NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, Cboe, BZX, BYX, EDGA, and EDGX Permanently Bar Samuel Lek and Fine Lek Securities Corporation for Supervisory and Market Access Rule Violations WASHINGTON — Samuel Lek, former Chief Executive Officer of Lek Securities Corporation (Lek Securities), has been permanently barred from the securities industry in all capacities, and Lek Securities was fined $900,000 for violating, among other things, FINRA and Exchange supervisory rules, and Rule 15c3-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Market Access Rule). The actions were taken by
