Thanks to a sudden slowdown in the implementation of key financial market reforms, banks have found themselves in the lucrative position of being able to hold on to over-the counter derivatives for longer than expected. The proposal to shift over-the-counter derivatives to electronic trading platforms during the post-crisis clean-up of the financial system was brought […]
As part of a settlement with eight states and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Raymond James Financial Inc. will buy back $300 million in auction-rate securities from clients and pay a fine of $1.7 million. The states in charge of the settlement are Florida and Texas. Other states involved were Indiana, Missouri, New York, North […]
David Lerner Associates Inc. has been accused of targeting unsophisticated seniors while selling real estate investment trust shares without considering whether the illiquid securities were suitable for its clients. The brokerage firm misled investors who bought more than $300 million of shares in the $2 billion Apple REIT Ten offering this year, the Financial Industry […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed a civil injunctive action today in federal district court in Massachusetts charging Massachusetts-based subprime auto loan provider Inofin Inc. and three company executives with misleading investors about their lending activities and diverting millions of dollars in investor funds for their personal benefit. The SEC also charged […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority imposed a $2.5 million fine on UBS AG’s (UBS) wealth-management services unit and ordered $8.25 million in restitution in settlement of charges that it had misled investors about the risk of default in certain Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. notes. In the months leading up to Lehman’s collapse, UBS Financial Services […]