FINRA

A law firm’s analysis of what the self regulator is doing to rein in bad brokerages and advisors marshalls data not easily found.

A judge’s decision puts new pressure on the brokerage industry watchdog and the SEC.

The firm and a former rep recommended a course of actions that helped the wirehouse and hurt the customer, according to the FINRA arbitration case.

A former Chase bank-based financial advisor won the arbitration award as critics say giant brokerages abuse U5 termination disclosures.

Investor advocates would like to see enforcement provisions, not just incentives.

FINRA found that Michael Mancinelli improperly exercised discretion and caused his firm to have inaccurate books and records.

Clients with a dispute against their advisor are often compelled to pay upfront for arbitration, which is unfair, write attorneys Christine Lazaro and Michael Edmiston.

The Salt Lake City broker-dealer, under scrutiny by regulators over its exorbitant fees and seizure of client money, lost a court battle seeking to force regulator FINRA to deal with it in person.

Wall Street’s self-regulator says recent data show that only mid-sized and smaller firms would have fit its new “red flag” criteria.

Nearly 100 clients Mata allegedly defrauded for $14.5 million have received paltry restitution after exhausting every possible method.

The Houston, Texas-based firm was also censured and required to retain an independent consultant.

FINRA arbitrators decided not to hold the major custodian liable for transactions prior to 2008, an attorney for the clients says.

Sanctuary also failed to review outside business activities of certain representatives and did not terminate a securities offering that failed to meet the minimum contingency requirement, FINRA says.

The regulator’s annual industry snapshot and financial report offer a nuanced picture of wealth management’s most significant dividing line.

The free trading app’s breakneck growth hurt the same small-time investors it sought to empower, FINRA says.

The penalty stems from lapses tied to a March 2020 outage and allegations that the fintech firm let thousands of clients trade options that might not have been appropriate for them.

Thousands of clients paid sales charges that they wouldn’t have incurred had they held the pricey alternative products until maturity, according to FINRA.

Beverley Schottenstein steps back into legal combat against her grandsons — two brothers — after a deal to hash out an agreement over their mishandling of her $80 million fell apart.

The agency is headed back to the drawing board with its proposed revision of how brokers get complaints removed from their record.

The judge declined the barred rep’s request for sentence reduction based on his “severe” bipolar disorder and restitution efforts.