Pennsylvania regulators filed a civil complaint against broker-dealer TD Ameritrade, alleging it committed fraud in the sale of Reserve Yield Plus Fund. The Pennsylvania Securities Commission’s enforcement division alleges that TD Ameritrade and Amerivest Investment Management LLC repeatedly told investors, in calls that were recorded, that the fund was a money-market fund. It actually was […]
Bank of America Corp. raised $4.7 billion selling structured notes to U.S. investors through June, the most of any issuer and more than its 2009 total, as sales of the securities rose to a record pace. Banks have sold $22 billion of structured notes to individual investors in the U.S. this year, according to data […]
A FINRA panel ordered Raymond James to pay $2.5 million to investors who alleged that Raymond James failed to divulge ‘risk of illiquidity’ in auction-rate securities market Raymond James Financial Inc., still carrying $600 million in auction rate securities. The firm is reportedly working to draw down its position in the ARS market, which seized […]
UBS is re-filing its lawsuit against distressed hedge fund firm Highland Capital claiming the firm did the Swiss bank out of $686 million in a CDO deal. The new case, filed Monday in New York State court, is reminiscent of the SEC’s case against Goldman Sachs over a CDO deal gone bad. However, in the […]
Legislators finally reached a compromise on the fiduciary standard bill late Thursday after fierce last-minute wrangling over its contents. While the House’s version pushed for the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a fiduciary standard, the Senate preferred instead to have the SEC study differences between its fiduciary standard and the suitability standard many brokers […]