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Registered Rep.
March 21, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
SEC and U.S. Attorney's Office Indict Traders and Executives in `Squawk Box' Scheme The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme allowed daytraders to trade based on overheard customer orders.   |
Registered Rep.
March 21, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Former Prudential Broker Barred for Market Timing A federal judge barred for life a former Prudential Securities broker for failing to respond to an order instituting proceedings issued by the SEC over fraud charges. But that may be the least of his worries. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2006
Michael Liebert |
Little Interest in Banking Given the uncertainty surrounding both the direction of the yield curve and the banking industry's credit risk, Northern Trust's private banking and custody focus might make the shares an excellent way to diversify a portfolio's other financial services holdings. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Fidelity's Amazonian Push The mutual fund provider gains prime real estate on Amazon.com. Fidelity seems to be the real beneficiary of this deal, as it fends off competition from other mutual fund providers. |
OCC Bulletin
March 16, 2006 |
Amendments to Regulation CC and J Addressing Remotely Created Checks The amendments are effective on July 1, 2006. The Board's Federal Register notice is attached. |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2006
John Churchill |
Bear Stearns Fined $250 Million for Securities Fraud The SEC's investigation found that from 1999 through September 2003, the firm provided technology, advice and deceptive devices that helped market timers and late traders evade the firm's own systems as well as those of mutual funds. |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2006
Kristen French |
Gorman Streamlines Morgan, Brings on Merrill Friends In his first step as head of retail brokerage at Morgan Stanley, James Gorman has streamlined the firm's regional office structure -- reducing regional offices to four from eight and cutting out one layer of management. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2006
John Churchill |
NASD Fines Merrill $5 Million in Settlement Over Improper Supervision Charges The firm's Financial Advisory Center (FAC) was found to have lacked sufficient supervisory measures that led to a variety of improprieties committed by brokers at the two locations between 2001 and 2004. |
OCC Bulletin
March 15, 2006 |
Influenza Pandemic Preparedness This interagency advisory is intended to raise awareness regarding the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak and its potential impact on the delivery of critical financial services. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Fined $2.5 Million Over Lax Email Oversight The SEC slapped the nation's largest brokerage with a $2.5 million fine and a cease-and-desist order for a "systemic" mishandling of email records related to its brokerage business. |
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