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SEC Bars California Advisor For Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has barred a California-based financial advisor and his firm for engaging in fraud. 

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FINRA Orders Raymond James to Pay $1.1 Million For Overcharges and Super...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered Raymond James to pay at least $1.1 million over supervisory failures that result...

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Regulators Report Surges In Investment Scams Targeting The Elderly

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that older investors lost $147 million due to investment scams in 2021, which constitutes a mas...

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FINRA Fines Janney Over Compliance Failures Related to Two Advisors

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Janney Montgomery Scott, a regional financial advisory firm, $245,000 due to compl...

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SEC Charges Crew Capital Group and Estate of Steven Swensen Over Fraudul...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Crew Capital Group and the estate of Stephen Swensen, who was formerly a financial advi...

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SEC Probes Financial Advisory Firms’ Use of WhatsApp and Other Messagi...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investing whether financial advisory firms used WhatsApp or other outside messaging platforms to...

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FINRA Imposes First Fine For Reg BI Violation

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a six-month suspension and a $5,000 fine to a former financial advisor in the reg...

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FINRA Fines UBS and Barclays Capital Over Trading Violations

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined UBS Securities $2.5 million for violating a rule regarding a common problem known ...

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SEC Charges Florida Man and French National with $40 Million Securities ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Florida-based real estate agent, Fernando Bastos, and a resident of France, Joao Fons...

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SEC Advised To Alter Plan Addressing Onerous RIA Arbitration Clauses and...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been urged by several organizations to address investment advisory firms’ use of mandator...

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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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