Articles Posted in failure to supervise

On October 16, 2017, NYSE Regulation — the regulatory enforcement subsidiary of NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE”) — filed a Complaint against Wedbush Securities Inc. (“Wedbush”) (CRD# 877), and its founder, Mr. Edward Wedbush.  The Complaint centers on Wedbush’s alleged systemic failure to supervise certain trading purportedly conducted by its owner…

Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch brokerage unit agreed to pay $1 million for supervisory failures that allowed a former broker to use a Merrill Lynch account to run a Ponzi scheme, FINRA said on Tuesday. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), which oversees the U.S. brokerage industry, found that the…