Financial Firm News: Hilliard Lyons Must Pay $445K to Elderly Investor, Merrill Lynch Ordered to Pay Vermont $140K After Broker Makes Unauthorized Changes, and FSC Securities Settles with Montana Regulators
FINRA Panel Orders Hilliard Lyons to Pay Damages to Elderly Client In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration case, Hilliard Lyons is ordered to pay 84-year-old Elizabeth Nickens $445K in damages for losses she sustained from alleged churning and unauthorized trading. Nickens claims that advisor Christopher Bennett made transactions without her authorization in her retirement…