{"id":4575,"date":"2008-02-28T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2008\/02\/merrill_lynch_prudential_secur_1"},"modified":"2008-02-28T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T17:05:05","slug":"merrill-lynch-prudential-secur-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/merrill-lynch-prudential-secur-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Pruco and UBS Must pay $2.4 Million in Fines for Mutual Fund Abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that five major brokerage firms have agreed to pay fines totaling $2.4 million for supervision violations and improper mutual fund sales to thousands of investors.  These firms must take remedial steps to prevent such actions in the future and pay amounts estimated to exceed $25 million to their clients because of such practices. <\/p>\n<p>According to FINRA, the violations include sales by these firms of load securities, meaning  clients were required to pay commissions, when these investors were eligible to make fund exchanges without paying commissions.  FINRA&#8217;s press release states that &#8220;Class B and Class C mutual fund shares and failure to have supervisory systems designed to provide all eligible investors with the opportunity to purchase Class A mutual fund shares at net asset value (NAV) through NAV transfer programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prudential Securities must pay an $800,000 fine, UBS Financial Services, Inc. was fined $750,000 and Pruco Securities was hit for $100,000 for improper sales of Class B and Class C mutual fund shares.  These firms also agreed to remediation plans that will address over 27,000 fund transactions in the accounts of 5,300 households. Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, UBS and Wells Fargo must take steps regarding customers who qualified for but did not receive the benefit of NAV transfer programs. It is estimated that total remediation to fhese firms&#8217; customers will exceed $25 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/merrill-lynch-prudential-secur-1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Pruco and UBS Must pay $2.4 Million in Fines for Mutual Fund Abuses\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that five major brokerage firms have agreed to pay fines totaling $2.4 million for supervision violations and improper mutual fund sales to thousands of investors. 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