The SEC permitted an associated person, who had been subject to statutory disqualification, to effect security-based swaps after he had (i) paid a penalty, (ii) completed a number of remedial requirements and (iii) maintained a clean record.
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A broker-dealer that sells mutual funds and variable products settled charges with FINRA for failing to supervise the outside business activities of its registered representatives.
A firm settled FINRA charges for placing transactions for customers directly with product sponsors, without recording such transactions in the firm's records or supervising their suitability.
The SEC adopted a rule that any SEC-registered central clearing agency that provides central clearing of U.S. Treasury securities ("USTs") shall require its members to centrally clear (i) most repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions in USTs to which it is a counterparty and (ii) certain cash market purchases and sales of USTs.
FINRA settled charges with four firms for misrepresentations and supervision failures on their "fully paid securities lending" programs.