- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-08-30T18:23:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined a Citigroup subsidiary $2.9 million as part of a settlement addressing alleged recordkeeping failures concerning underwriting expenses that occurred for at least a decade.
Citigroup Global Markets, a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser, agreed to pay the civil penalty, cease and desist from further violations, and be censured, the SEC announced in a press release Tuesday.
The details: From at least 2009 through May 2019, Citigroup Global Markets used an unsubstantiated and unverified method to calculate and record indirect expenses associated with its underwriting activities, the SEC alleged in its order.
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