Itiviti & ECS Partner to Bolster NYFIX Matching Itiviti, a technology and service provider to financial institutions, reports the advent of a partnership with ECS Fin, a provider of financial messaging services and transaction-processing solutions, that will add trade settlement to NYFIX Matching. The partnership, Itiviti says, will enable NYFIX Matching to process trade messages… Read More >>
Raymond James Settles Improper Charges Case for $15M
Raymond James has settled SEC charges that three of its units improperly charged advisory fees on inactive retail client accounts and charged excess commissions for brokerage-customer investments in certain unit investment trusts (UITs). The firm, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based investment bank and financial services company founded in 1961, has agreed to be censured and will… Read More >>
Despite FCPA, Corruption Remains ‘Endemic’: SEC’s Clayton
Despite vigorous American enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, which has resulted in “nearly 80 FCPA cases in the past five years alone, involving alleged misconduct in more than 60 countries,” corruption remains “endemic” in some countries where “business opportunities are attractive” and bribery may be required to capitalize on them. So… Read More >>
SEC Amendments Jolt CAT Project
The SEC is proposing amendments to the implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) project that are intended to increase operational transparency and underscore the financial accountability of the market-wide surveillance project that has experienced several delays since its launch. In fact, earlier this year, Thesys Technologies, acting as Thesys CAT, was phased out as… Read More >>
OCC Settles Charges of Compliance Failures for $20M
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) report jointly that the Chicago-based Options Clearing Corp. (OCC) will make “pay $20 million in penalties to settle charges that it failed to implement policies to manage certain risks as required by U.S. laws and SEC and CFTC rules.” It… Read More >>
Deutsche Bank Settles FCPA Case for $16 Million
Deutsche Bank has reached a $16 million settlement with the SEC over a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case in which the firm was charged with hiring relatives of foreign government officials as a way to gain influence in landing investment banking business. SEC officials alleged that Deutsche Bank employees “hired relatives at the request… Read More >>
Cantor Fitzgerald & BMO Capital Settle ADR Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that broker Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. will pay more than $647,000 and broker BMO Capital Markets Corporation will pay more than $3.9 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs are U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of a foreign company,… Read More >>
Nomura Securities to Repay $25 Million to Bond Customers
New York City-based Nomura Securities International Inc. has agreed to repay approximately $25 million to customers for its alleged failure to adequately supervise traders in mortgage-backed securities, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which reports settling charges filed in two related enforcement actions. Nomura Securities International is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings… Read More >>
SEC Tells Firms to Focus on LIBOR Replacements
The SEC does not want financial services firms to take a wait-and-see attitude toward the transition away from the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate or LIBOR — the regulator wants firms to be more proactive about the move away from the controversial benchmark. The regulator through a staff statement wants market participants to proactively manage their… Read More >>
State Street Pays $88M to Settle Overbilling Charges
State Street Bank and Trust Company will pay more than $88 million to settle allegations that it overcharged mutual funds and other registered investment company clients for expenses related to the firm’s custody of client assets, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report. The overcharges allegedly included a “secret markup that State Street… Read More >>
