Regulation

A FINRA arbitration panel awarded former clients of First Allied Securities the full damages they requested in the case.

Barred ex-broker Louis Cook allegedly targeted older adults whose assets he promised to protect for long-term care.

The commission issued a 500-plus-page proposed rule Monday that would mandate corporate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions.

David W. Schamens defrauded clients for $6.8 million in a Ponzi scheme despite being banned by the SEC decades earlier, according to investigators.

Fusion Analytics Securities sold $1.8 million in bonds and collected 8% commissions while making material misrepresentations, the regulator says.

SEC, FINRA and legislators are set to plant significant flags on the quickly evolving asset class’ landscape.

Worden Capital’s barred CEO allegedly had an “oral agreement” with a private placement issuer that he didn’t disclose to the firm’s brokers or its clients.

The regulator didn’t provide any explanation for the much larger payout, but it did release another similar settlement the following day.

Arbitrators granted the wirehouse damages for payment of a promissory note but slammed the conduct of a “management-level employee.”

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