The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said it ordered Citigroup Inc. (C) to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, restitution and interest related to alleged excessive markups and markdowns on corporate and agency bond transactions. Finra said that from July 2007 to September 2010, Citi International Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of the global bank, […]
Wall Street banks may not be exercising proper supervision of state and local government bond sales, the Securities and Exchange Commission said, warning investors about risks in the $3.7 trillion municipal market. Reviews of underwriters showed that some may not be sufficiently examining bond documents for evidence of fraud, the agency’s Office of Compliance Inspections and […]
The NY Mets and owners announced a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have. Mets CEO Fred Wilpon and team president Saul Katz, co-majority owners, emerged smiling from a Manhattan federal courthouse after a judge announced the agreement, which makes it likely they’ll pay […]
Investors who lost billions in a massive Ponzi scheme orchestrated by convicted former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford won a legal victory Monday as a federal appeals court decided to let their class action lawsuits go forward against individuals and companies they allege aided the financier’s fraud. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned […]
The former private equity arm of Oppenheimer Holdings may have exaggerated the valuation of one of its holdings. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Massachusetts authorities are investigating the Oppenheimer Global Resource Private Equity Fund, a fund of private equity funds launched by Oppenheimer in 2008. Among the fund’s holdings was a $6 million investment […]