Compliance

The IBD network disclosed the renewal of its clearing agreement, along with three firms’ intention to self-report possible mutual fund violations to the SEC.

Firms designated as “taping firms” due to the high number of brokers they hired from disciplined firms may soon have their status as taping firms disclosed in BrokerCheck.

An overreliance on disclosure isn't enough to protect clients from bad brokers, the investor advocacy group says.

The rep accepted two loans while employed at Robert W. Baird and later neglected to disclose them to Citigroup Global Markets, FINRA claimed.

The barred onetime Questar Capital and Woodbury Financial rep had pleaded guilty to the scam, which he says stemmed from a gambling addiction.

The firm filed a motion arguing one of its ex-brokers did not challenge the proceedings until after the panel ruled against her.

The regulator accused the four firms and the Advisor Group network of supervisory failures in sales of L-share VAs in separate but near-identical cases.

At least 17 individuals invested $13 million in the scheme, and many lost 'substantial portions' of their life savings, prosecutors say.

The dispute centered on the firm’s handling of Puerto Rican municipal bonds.

When do promotional materials rise to the level of an official “recommendation” and thereby require additional disclosures by brokers?

The rep helped the customer conceal the true source of funds into his accounts, FINRA claimed.

Jack Brod, the chair-elect of the board of directors, plans to heighten enforcement efforts to ensure CFPs are consistently acting as fiduciaries.

The broker-dealer failed to supervise Infinex registered reps selling annuities and other products to seniors and other investors at local banks.

The rep mismarked 105 trades in five PNC customer accounts as unsolicited when in fact they were solicited, FINRA claimed.

The industry is imagining more vibrant, more agile and more inclusive processes that deliver results, says Confluence CEO Mark Evans.

The rep cut and pasted or traced the signatures of 16 customers on more than 70 life insurance and annuity replacement forms and other documents.

The regulator barred an ex-Wells Fargo advisor for fooling the bank into reimbursing him for $3,400 after he falsely claimed that he was the victim of fraud.

The No. 1 IBD cleared him of any wrongdoing then said he still faced the probe after leaving the firm months later, according to the lawsuit.

The rep agreed to a six-month suspension and a $5,000 fine to settle claims that he wrote and deposited checks without sufficient funds to cover them.

Scott Wolas assumed other people’s names to pose as a real estate agent, bartender, retired paleontologist and a registered rep, investigators say.