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By Aaron Nicodemus2024-02-16T19:21:00
Morgan Stanley will pay a $1.6 million fine levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to close out certain municipal securities transactions over a five-year period.
In its letter of acceptance with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the wealth and asset management arm of Morgan Stanley, FINRA said that from December 2016 through August 2021, the firm did not cancel or close out 239 failed interdealer municipal securities transactions totaling approximately $9 million within 20 calendar days after settlement date.
The firm also failed to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of 247 short positions in municipal securities totaling approximately $9.4 million resulting from failed interdealer municipal securities transactions, said FINRA in the letter, which it published Thursday.
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2024-04-15T16:26:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A Barclays unit agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that its research analysts violated conflict-of-interest rules and the firm failed to sufficiently supervise their trades.
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Two subsidiaries of Stifel Financial Corp. agreed to pay a collective total of about $2.3 million over alleged violations of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority rules regarding nontraditional exchange-traded products.
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Chicago-based financial technology company M1 Finance $850,000 as part of a settlement addressing alleged improper use of a social media influencer program.
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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.
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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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