(For the past two years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cracked down on 25 of the securities industry’s top firms for violating its recordkeeping rules. In fact, during fiscal year 2023 those 25 firms paid a total of $400 million in fines and penalties. The enforcement focus on recordkeeping rules, particularly about the… Read More >>
Morgan Stanley Settles Wrap-Fee Case with SEC
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) is settling charges that it provided misleading information to retail clients in its retail wrap fee programs regarding trade execution services and transaction costs, and the firm will pay a $5 million penalty that will be distributed to harmed investors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports. The commission’s… Read More >>
Morgan Stanley Penalized Again for Improper ETF Sales
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) will pay an $8 million penalty and has admitted wrongdoing to settle charges related to single inverse Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) investments it recommended to advisory clients, according to the SEC, which finds that Morgan Stanley “did not adequately implement its policies and procedures to ensure that clients understood the… Read More >>
Citi Settles FX Cartel Charges with South African Regulator
A regulatory body in South Africa, the Competition Commission, has announced a $5.3 million settlement with Citibank N.A. for the bank’s alleged role in a foreign exchange FX trading cartel Competition Commission report that they have “found that from at least 2007, Citibank N.A. and its competitors had a general agreement to collude on prices… Read More >>
