Category: Fines

Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
September 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Stockholm fines Oscar Properties Holding AB SEK 410,000

The Disciplinary Committee of Nasdaq Stockholm has found that Oscar Properties Holding AB (“Oscar Properties” or the “Company”) has breached Nasdaq Stockholm’s Rule Book for Issuers (the “Rule Book”) and, accordingly, has imposed a fine on Oscar Properties amounting to two annual fees, corresponding to an amount of SEK 410,000. The Disciplinary Committee has found…

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SFC fines
September 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cowen Execution Services fined $2.75 million for providing deficient blue sheet data

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Convergex Execution Solutions LLC, now known as Cowen Execution Services LLC, will pay $2.75 million to settle charges that the broker-dealer firm provided the SEC with incomplete and deficient securities trading information known as “blue sheet data.” According to the SEC’s order, for nearly four years…

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CySEC fines
September 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC fines LQD Markets €50.000

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has just announced that it has fined LQD Markets €50.000. The full note issued by CySEC on the matter reads as follows: 04 September 2018 CYSEC Board Decision Announcement date: 04.09.2018; Board decision date: 02.07.2018 Regarding: LQD Markets Ltd Legislation: The Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law Subject: Fine…

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sec charges
August 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Transamerica entities to pay $97 Million to investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against four Transamerica entities for misconduct involving faulty investment models and ordered the entities to refund $97 million to misled retail investors. According to the SEC’s order, investors put billions of dollars into mutual funds and strategies using the faulty models developed by investment adviser AEGON…

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SFC fines
August 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Legg Mason Inc. fined over $34 million by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay over $34 million to resolve an SEC charge that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a scheme to bribe Libyan government officials. According to the SEC’s order, between 2004 and 2010, a former Legg Mason asset management…

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DFSA
August 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Merrill Lynch pays $8.9M to settle conflict of interest advisory charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith has agreed to pay approximately $8.9 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose a conflict of interest arising out of its own business interests in deciding whether to continue to offer clients products managed by an outside third-party advisory…

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SFC fines
August 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC fines Ameriprise Financial Services $4.5 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. will pay $4.5 million to settle charges that it failed to safeguard retail investor assets from theft by its representatives. According to the SEC’s order, five Ameriprise representatives committed numerous fraudulent acts, including forging client documents, and stole more than $1 million…

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SFC fines
August 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Royal Bank of Scotland pays $4.9 billion for financial crisis-era misconduct

The Justice Department has announced a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008. The penalty is the largest imposed by the Justice Department for financial crisis-era misconduct at…

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