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FINRA Penalizes Morgan Stanley For Shortchanging Clients $800,000 In Fun...

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $802,000 in restitution to clients after a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation found ...

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Law Firms Investigate Potential Claims Against Silvergate Capital on Beh...

Law firms are investigating potential claims against Silvergate Capital on behalf of FTX customers who wired fiat currency to Alameda Research.

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FINRA Settles With Coastal Equities Over Improper GPB Private Placement ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has agreed to a $418,000 settlement with Coastal Equities over sales in 2018 of GPB private ...

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GWG Bondholders Prepare To File Suit Against Financial Advisory Firms an...

A group representing nearly 27,000 retail investors is set to file suit against GWG Holdings’ executives as well as the financial advisory...

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GWG Obtains Debtor-In-Possession Loan

GWG Holdings has obtained a super-priority secured debtor-in possession loan and guaranty agreement to receive money to fund the company’s...

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FINRA Alters Remote Inspection Proposal to Satisfy Critics

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has amended its proposal to permit financial advisory firms to conduct their internal inspec...

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FINRA Fines Edward Jones $1.1 Million For Mishandling Phone Records

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a $1.1 million fine to Edward Jones for allegedly mishandling phone records that ...

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RIAs Increasingly Rely on Non-Competes Borrowed From Broker-Dealers

Registered investment advisory firms (RIAs) have borrowed a legal tactic from the broker-dealer space, as RIAs i...

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FINRA Fines LPL $150,000 For Failing to Detect Advisor’s Ponzi Scheme

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined LPL Financial $150,000 for failing to adequately supervise an advisor who later wa...

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SEC Alerts Financial Advisory Firms to Their Failure to Protect Clients ...

Financial advisory firms are failing to design and maintain effective policies and procedures to restrict hackers from stealing clients’ p...

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Delaware Regulators Fine Kovack Advisors $985,000

Kovack Advisors Inc., the registered investment adviser affiliate of independent broker-dealer Kovack Securities Inc., agreed to pay a $985,000 ...

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FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer for Repeated Form CRS Disclosure Failures

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined VSI Securities Inc., formerly known as Venecredit Securities Inc., $20,000 for failing...

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Investor Redemptions Rise in Nontraded BDCs Amid Credit Concerns

Financial advisors and their clients have increased redemptions from nontraded business development companies (BDCs) following a series of high-...

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