Wells Fargo settles with SEC over improper sales advice, strategy
An SEC announcement says Wells Fargo Advisors will settle charges that its sales team pushed retail investors to cash out non-liquid investments before their maturity, unnecessarily costing them money but improving the firm’s profits.
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