The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently announced that it has fined Goldman Sachs for not properly monitoring trades ranging from 2009 to 2023. The banking giant has agreed to pay around $500,000 in order to settle these claims, but did not admit or deny any of FINRA’s findings. According Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that registered investment adviser Van Eck Associates has agreed to pay a $1.75 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2021. According to the SEC’s order, in Read More
The head of the U. S’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced during a congressional hearing that the Network isn’t adopting a “gotcha” approach to enforcing compliance with the new regulations on reporting beneficial ownership information (BOI) by companies. Since implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, FinCEN’s highest priority Read More
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that UBS Securities must pay $900,000 in back-pay to a former analyst who filed a claim against the company, asserting that he should have been afforded whistleblower protection. Trevor Murray, a former research analyst at UBS, sued the firm in 2012 claiming that he was Read More
