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25 Jan 2011, 12:31 pm by Securites Lawprof
The SEC today charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated with misusing customer order information to place proprietary trades for the firm and for charging customers undisclosed trading fees. [read post]
24 Sep 2017, 7:34 am by Adam Weinstein
According to BrokerCheck records Robert Yahney (Yahney), associated with Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill Lynch), has been subject to five customer complaints. [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]
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]
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]
23 Nov 2020, 2:14 pm by Silver Law Group
Omar Hammad-Randolph (Omar Waleed Hammad-Randolph CRD# 6087721) is a previously registered broker who last worked for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (CRD# 7691) in their Boca Raton, Florida office. [read post]
9 May 2016, 2:00 am
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,  Fenner & Smith, Inc. et al., Defendants (Opinion and Order on Interlocutory Appeal, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 12-4466, May 23, 2013), a group of Escala Group, Inc. shareholders filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey alleging that Defendants Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc; Knight Capital Americas, L.P.; UBS Securities, L.L.C.;… [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 11:50 am
The firms disciplined include: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith: Fined $100,000 for violating rule 123c about 480 times when it cancelled or submitted securities orders after the mandatory cutoff period. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 2:02 pm by Paul Rugani
  On June 12, 2018, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) issued an Order instituting administrative proceedings, making findings, and imposing remedial sanctions against Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch“), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 11:12 am by jeffreynewmanadmin
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its parent company BAC North America Holding Co. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 2:31 pm by Malecki Law Team
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated is a FINRA registered brokerage firm and investment advisor with 1559 total disclosures according to (CRD #7691) records on BrokerCheck. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 2:31 pm by Malecki Law Team
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated is a FINRA registered brokerage firm and investment advisor with 1559 total disclosures according to (CRD #7691) records on BrokerCheck. [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]
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]
11 May 2020, 6:48 am by Staff Attorney
The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that financial advisor Juan Barreras (Barreras), currently employed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill Lynch) has been subject to at least five customer complaints during the course of his career. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 12:09 pm by Adam Weinstein
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) advisor James Merkel (Merkel), in August 2017, was terminated by his employer Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill Lynch) after the firm alleged that Merkel violated firm policy relating to selling away. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 2:03 pm
FINRA announced today that it fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. $150,000 and UBS Financial Services, Inc. $100,000 for supervisory failures that led to unsuitable short-term sales of closed-end funds (CEF) purchased at the funds' initial public offerings.... [read post]
19 Dec 2017, 10:43 am by Renae Lloyd
FINRA says Merrill Lynch Deficiencies Related to Extended Settlement Transactions According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the regulator has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated $1.4 million. [read post]
21 Aug 2018, 6:43 am by Renae Lloyd
SEC Censures & Fines Merrill Lynch for Conflict of Interest According to a press announcement, the Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith has agreed to pay approximately $8.9 million to settle charges that it “failed to disclose a conflict of interest arising out of its own business interests in deciding whether to continue to offer clients products managed by an… [read post]