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By Jeff Dale2023-08-22T20:10:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered a New York-based financial technology investment adviser to pay more than $1 million for allegedly misleading investors with hypothetical performance metrics in its advertising, the first violation of the agency’s amended marketing rule.
Titan Global Capital Management USA agreed to cease and desist from further violations; a censure; and pay a civil monetary penalty of $850,000, disgorgement of $192,454, and prejudgment interest of $7,598, the SEC said in a press release Monday.
The agency also charged Titan with multiple compliance failures that led to misleading disclosures about custody of crypto assets, improper use of hedge clauses, unauthorized use of client signatures, and failing to adopt an employee policy for trading crypto assets.
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2023-09-12T18:13:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Nine investment advisers agreed to pay a total of $850,000 in penalties across separate settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged violations of the agency’s amended marketing rule.
2023-07-13T17:55:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The most popular mock exams conducted by compliance professionals at investment adviser firms this year have been on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s advertising/marketing rule, according to a new poll.
2023-06-08T19:07:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Securities and Exchange Commission is expanding its examination focus regarding investment advisers’ compliance with its new marketing rule.
2024-07-02T20:35:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Three former executives of Chicago-based Outcome Health, a healthcare technology company, were sentenced for misleading an auditor, clients, lenders, and investors about a scheme to sell $45 million in overbilled advertisements.
2024-07-02T14:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A home health company operating in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle allegations it filed false claims by giving sports tickets and other kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals.
2024-07-02T13:50:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor more than $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.
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