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SEC Press Release: Structured Products
"issued a report identifying common weaknesses seen in sales of structured securities products and describing measures by broker-dealers to better protect retail investors from fraud and abusive sales practices."
SEC Press Release: New Short Form Criteria
FINRA Investor Alert: Asking the Right Questions
SEC Press Release: State of Municipal Securities Market
"it will hold a municipal securities market field hearing in Jefferson County, Ala., on July 29. Topics will include distressed communities, small issuers, disclosure, derivatives and pre-trade price transparency."
SEC Press Release: Fraudulent Bidding Practices
"charged J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) with fraudulently rigging at least 93 municipal bond reinvestment transactions in 31 states, generating millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains."
SEC Press Release: Auction Rate Securities
"charged Raymond James & Associates Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services Inc. for making inaccurate statements when selling auction rate securities (ARS) to customers."
SEC Press Release: Morgan Keegan fined in connection with CDOs
"Morgan Keegan & Company and Morgan Asset Management have agreed to pay $200 million to settle fraud charges related to subprime mortgage-backed securities. Two Morgan Keegan employees also agreed to pay penalties for their alleged misconduct, including one who is now barred from the...
SEC Press Release: Microcap Stock Fraud
"suspended trading in 17 microcap stocks because of questions about the adequacy and accuracy of publicly available information about the companies, which trade in the over-the-counter (OTC) market."
FINRA Press Release: Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
"it has fined Northern Trust Securities $600,000 for deficiencies in supervising sales of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and failure to have adequate systems in place to monitor certain high-volume securities...
Joint SEC and FINRA Press Release: Structured Products