Wells Fargo unit fined $425K by FINRA over trade disclosures
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Kyle Brasseur2024-01-22T14:00:00
An affiliate of Wells Fargo agreed to pay a $425,000 penalty as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) addressing allegations of disclosure lapses affecting millions of trade confirmations and related supervisory failures.
Wells Fargo Securities’ supervisory system was not reasonably designed to achieve compliance with Exchange Act Rule 10b-10 and FINRA Rule 2232, the self-regulatory organization said in its disciplinary action published Friday.
From June 2015 to August 2021, Wells Fargo sent institutional customers approximately 2.27 million trade confirmations that did not disclose, for orders effected via multiple executions, the prices reported were average prices and that details on the average prices could be provided upon request, according to FINRA.
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