FINRA

The adviser was also ordered to pay $300,000 to cover Wells Fargo's legal fees.

Risk aversion is what everyone thinks about first, and getting the lawyers involved is what everyone thinks about second.

Edward Wedbush allegedly failed to supervise mandated regulatory filings.

The adviser, who was ranked in On Wall Street's Top 40 Under 40, is accused of conducting more than $1 million in private security transactions without notifying his employer, Hilliard Lyons.

The regulator sanctioned the brokerage firm for supervisory failures that stretched over a nearly two year period.

Client claimed that adviser's recommended strategy earned fees and commissions for the bank but wrecked his inheritance from his great grandfather.

Arbitrators for the regulator also awarded an expungement to Dale Cebert, who claimed a campaign to damage his reputation followed his termination from the wirehouse.

The Wall Street regulator says the firm repeatedly ignored red flags for years.

The broker allegedly swiped $1,035 from the bank by using a fee-rebate system to wrongfully move funds into his checking and savings accounts.

The adviser allegedly placed more than 700 trades over three years, giving the client "little to no possibility" for a profit, the regulator says.

Luis Aguilar also weighs in on arbitration and SEC oversight of FINRA.

Brokers whose deferred pay has been withheld could soon file claims after the regulator confirmed advisers' right to take disputes to FINRA arbitration.

The company’s survival may depend on a continuing security awareness training program.

FINRA cracks down after $1.3M theft from 89-year-old client.

Firms and brokers would contribute to a pool to compensate investors who were defrauded but are unable to collect, according to one recommendation.

The 81-year-old widower also won an additional $12,000 for his elderly friend in a FINRA arbitration proceeding.

Plus, why matching clients with brokers of their race, religion or ethnicity might not meet the legal threshold for affinity fraud.

The firm misreported over 1 million transactions, according to the regulator.

It’s time for professional planners, as opposed to sales agents, to define themselves accurately in the public mind. To do it, you need to use key words and phrases with crystal clarity.