Patricia Miller promised clients high yields if they went into “investment clubs.”
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays tagged for HFT. Plus: A looming 401(k) crisis, the marriage math for gay couples, the fuzzy math of inflation data, tapping into the fracking boom, and Russian stocks are not for the meek.
Thirty-one of 37 brokers at IAA Financial, partly owned by Finra board small firm rep Kevin Carreno, came from firms Finra had expelled.
Agency says Scott Valente convinced 80 investors in upstate New York to turn over $8.8 million in the last four years.
Former SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund manager Michael Steinberg was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for insider trading, capping one of the biggest victories for prosecutors who spent seven years investigating the firm and its boss, Steven A. Cohen.
Five former aides to Bernard Madoff who spent decades working for his firm were found guilty of helping run the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a $17.5 billion fraud exposed by the 2008 financial crisis.
Elaborate scheme allegedly included destroying evidence by eating Post-It notes beneath the clock at Grand Central Terminal
Martin Lack admitted that for 17 years he helped U.S. clients maintain secret overseas accounts.
Agency's annual report reveals higher percentage of adviser exams, and priorities for next year.
Ex-employee alleges low-cost fund provider operated as an illegal tax shelter, avoiding about $1 billion in taxes over 10 years
Wirehouse slapped with fine after Finra alleged it paid retired brokers $100M in commissions without making sure they had stopped providing advice.
New report cites potential costs of systemic risk designation for asset managers
Checks on sponsor companies and protection for investors and advisers is welcome, but statement reporting adds more confusion than clarity
Urges members of Congress to support charging user fees to advisers for exams
Action contrasts with House panel vote last week, which gave agency $300 million less
The measure has bipartisan support going forward, but hurdles remain.
Plus: Individual investors zig as professionals zag, hedging the U.S. market by going global, Citigroup in the spotlight, and futbol mania
A federal U.S. Court of Appeals panel said U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff was wrong to reject $285 million SEC settlement with Citigroup. The court said the judge abused his discretion. Case also bolsters agency's policy of not forcing firms to admit guilt when it settles cases.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: </i>Citi under the FBI microscope. Plus: Using P/E ratios to dispel bubble theories, re-calculating the size of the nation's oil reserves, big banks and big overdraft fees, GM and political grandstanding, and it's always a good time to teach kids about money.
