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J.P. Morgan Ordered To Pay $1.4 Million To Advisor In Defamation Case

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered J.P. Morgan to pay $1.4 million to a former advisor who alleged ...

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FINRA Criticized Over Alleged Rigging Of Arbitration Matters Involving W...

Senate and House lawmakers have criticized the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Dispute Resolution over the fairness of its arbit...

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FINRA Suspends Former Raymond James Advisor Over UIT Sales

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended a former Raymond James advisor for three months and imposed a $5,000 fine over...

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SEC Releases Statement On Private Fund Advisors Proposal

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing to amend the Investment Advisors Act to improve the efficiency, competition, and trans...

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DocuSign Use Dooms “Swath” of LPL Brokers

LPL Financial, the largest independent broker-dealer by its sales force of close to 20,000, is terminating “a swath of brokers” over...

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SEC Obtains Final Judgement Against Indianapolis-Based Advisor Over Alle...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has entered a final consent judgment against an Indianapolis-based advisor, George ...

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Smoothie-Throwing Advisor Suspended By CFP Board

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has been suspended by the CFP Board after he was arrested for threatening employees and using racial slurs at a s...

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FINRA Bars Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Facing Millions in Claims from ...

A former Morgan Stanley advisor has been barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after rec...

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Former LPL Advisor Charged With Fraud Faces 37-Year Prison Sentence

An ex-LPL Financial advisor has been indicted for allegedly defrauding at least 15 former clients after the Financial Industry Regulatory Author...

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J.P. Morgan Settles With Cresset Over ‘Raid’ Of Private Bankers

J.P. Morgan settled a lawsuit with Chicago-based advisory firm Cresset Asset Management pertaining to its allege...

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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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