Citi affiliates fined $2M in SEC Reg BI case
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Kyle Brasseur2023-09-29T14:51:00
A broker-dealer affiliate of Citigroup and a former Citi broker-dealer agreed to pay a total of nearly $2 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) resolving allegations they violated the disclosure obligations of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI).
Citigroup Global Markets and Citi International Financial Services were found by the SEC to have made securities recommendations without following proper client relationship summary (CRS) form guidance, the agency alleged in an administrative proceeding published Thursday.
The alleged violations occurred before Citi International Financial Services was sold to Insigneo Financial Group in August 2022. The firm is now named Insigneo International Financial Services.
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