{"id":917,"date":"2011-07-21T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2011\/07\/janney_montgomery_scott_llc_to"},"modified":"2022-09-27T21:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T02:59:37","slug":"janney-montgomery-scott-llc-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/janney-montgomery-scott-llc-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Janney Montgomery Scott LLC to Pay $850K to Settle Securities Charges Over Alleged Failure to Prevent Inside Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC<\/a> has consented to pay $850,000 to resolve Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to set up and enforce policies to prevent possible insider trading<\/a>. The financial services firm also agreed to cease from further violations of laws that prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information that could be used for insider trading. Even with the securities settlement<\/a>, however, Janney is not admitting wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

According to regulators, between January 2005 and July 2009, there were occasions when Janney’s Equity Capital Markets division did not enforce policies. Some of these failures, which created the risk that certain information could be used for insider trading, included:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Failure to comply with written procedures.
\n\u2022 Not properly monitoring trading in securities belonging to companies that Janney’s investment bankers were advising.
\n\u2022 Not requiring that investment bankers obtain clearance for personal trades prior to making them.
\n\u2022 Failing to get yearly questionnaires identifying employees who had brokerage counts at other financial firms.
\n\u2022 Not reviewing these employees’ activities at these other firms.<\/p>\n

Also per the settlement, Janney will retain an independent compliance consultant who will make recommendations about how to comply with laws pertaining to material, nonpublic information.<\/p>\n

Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988<\/strong>
\nUnder this act, firms must implement policies and procedures to prevent insider trading from happening and ensure that employees are aware of these immediately upon hiring. These policies and procedures have to be formal.<\/p>\n

It is a firm’s responsibility to ensure that these policies are followed. They must conduct reviews of employees and proprietary trading, while monitoring employee trading that doesn’t involve the firm. If a firm suspects possible insider trading, it must immediately investigate the allegations.<\/p>\n


\nRelated Web Resources: <\/strong>
\nJanney Montgomery Scott To Pay $850K To Settle SEC Charges<\/a>, RTT News, January 11, 2011
\nJanney Montgomery Scott settles SEC charges, Bloomberg\/Business Week\/AP, July 11, 2011
\nSEC Charges Janney Montgomery Scott Failed to Maintain and Enforce Policies to Prevent Misuse of Material, Nonpublic Information<\/a>, SEC, July 11, 2011<\/p>\n

More Blog Posts:<\/strong>
\n“Poohster” Consultant Found Guilty of Insider Trading<\/a>, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, June 23, 2011
\n3 Hedge Funds Raided by FBI in Insider Trading Case<\/a>, Stockbroker Fraud Blog, November 23, 2010
\nEx-Goldman Sachs Board Member Accused of Insider Trading with Galleon Group Co-Founder Seeks to Have SEC Administrative Case Against Him Dropped, Institutional Investors Securities Blog, April 19, 2011 Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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