金融行业监管局宣布,SunTrust Investment Servicess Inc.已同意支付700,000美元的罚款,以解决有关其参与的指控监督违规行为涉及其基于收费的经纪业务并收取过多的佣金在低价股票上。通过同意定居,投资公司不承认或拒绝指控。
SunTrust terminated its Portfolio Choice accounts, which were fee-based accounts, in 2006. The charges by FINRA involve the period between November 2002 and December 2005 when SunTrust opened more than 2,644 Portfolio Choice accounts without properly evaluating whether the accounts were the appropriate fit for customers. According to FINRA, SunTrust neglected to properly monitor the Portfolio Choice accounts to make sure that they continued to be the appropriate account choice for clients.
FINRA发现,在过去四个季度中,至少有36个没有从事任何交易的投资组合选择帐户,这些帐户至少有8个季度尚未从事这些帐户的收费超过129,000美元。FINRA还说,许多SunTrust Portfolio Choice客户在同一资产上支付了基于资产的费用和交易委员会。
当SunTrust忽略以排除从资产基础上购买的客户资产,FINRA能够确定900多起事件,以排除用于确定帐户费用的资产基础。该错误导致客户收取两次费用,从而为SunTrust客户提供约437,500美元的佣金和超额费用。
FINRA还指责投资公司在许多客户保留其帐户并为其付款时,即使他们多年来没有交易,它也不当。在2002年1月至2005年9月2日之间,FINRA表示,SunTrust没有建立主管系统,该系统可以确保注册代表将向客户收取有关证券交易的公平佣金。bob200体育该公司使用了一个自动化委员会系统,当出售或购买低价股票时,该系统收取超过5%的佣金。因此,一些客户的总佣金总计为100,000美元。
Also as part of its settlement, SunTrust said it would certify that it returned $713,362 in interest and fees to clients that were affected by the alleged violations. FINRA says it took this voluntary refund into account when assessing its fine against SunTrust.
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