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26 Jan 2012, 8:40 am by D. Daxton White
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., $1 million for supervisory failures that allowed a registered representative at Merrill Lynch’s branch office in San Antonio, Texas, to use a Merrill Lynch account to operate a Ponzi scheme. [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 4:11 pm by Lax & Neville LLP
On June 4, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that it ordered Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. to pay its customers more than $7.2 million in restitution and interest  resulting from unnecessary sales charges and excess fees incurred by more than 13,000 Merrill Lynch accounts in connection with mutual fund transactions from 2011 to 2017. [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 1:28 pm by Securites Lawprof
FINRA fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $1.05 million for failing to provide best execution in certain customer transactions involving non-convertible preferred securities executed on one of its proprietary order management systems (ML BondMarket), and for failing to... [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 5:00 am by Samuel Hagreen
In re Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation arose out of an action by an investor, Louisiana Pacific Corporation (“plaintiff”) filed suit against underwriters Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 9:01 am
Bank of America subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner andamp; Smith Inc. has been fined $1 million by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, for failure to supervise one of its stockbrokers at its branch office in San Antonio, Texas. [read post]
29 May 2019, 8:37 am by Silver Law Group
Christopher Charles Hellman (CRD#: 6584084) is a formerly registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (CRD#:7691) of Boca Raton, FL. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:56 pm
District Court for the Western District of Washington says that King County, Washington has pleaded sufficient facts to continue with its securities fraud lawsuit accusing Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. and Merrill Lynch Money Markets Inc. of facilitating its purchase of allegedly toxic mortgage-backed securities and violating the Washington State Securities Act. [read post]
1 Sep 2008, 3:52 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has reached a preliminary settlement agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith to liquidate about $8.5 billion in auction-rate securities that are still held by the firm's institutional and retail investors. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 2:48 pm by Richard D. Worth
On October 22, 2009, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. [read post]
1 Dec 2015, 11:10 am by Andrew Hamm
The transcript in Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 7:00 am by D. Daxton White
It is being reported in the Investment News that Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it circumvented FINRA rules that require firms to arbitrate disputes with employees, rather than bring them to court. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 11:27 am by Mark Astarita
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. was fined $8 million for failing to waive mutual fund sales charges for certain charities and retirement accounts by FINRA. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 9:45 am by Staff Attorney
The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merill Lynch) broker Charles Kenahan (Kenahan). [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 5:00 am by Kimberly A. Kralowec
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 5:29 pm
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and a number of its workers have won an arbitration dispute filed by a couple that invested in a money market mutual fund. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 1:52 pm
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. was acquired by the Bank of America last year and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of that Bank. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 9:55 am by Silver Law Group
Previous employment included Stanford Group Company from January to March 2009 and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. from March 2000 to Jan 2009. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 7:09 pm
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling to dismiss the ARS lawsuit filed against Merrill Lynch (MER), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith Inc. ( MLPF&S), Moody’s Investor Services (MCO), and the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 6:55 am by Adam Weinstein
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctioned broker George Zaki (Zaki) concerning allegations that between June 2010, and August 2012, Zaki implemented and/or executed approximately 3,600 discretionary trades in the accounts of approximately 80 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. [read post]