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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P.
Current Parent Company: Goldman Sachs
Penalty: $800,000
Year: 2014
Date: July 1, 2014
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. $800,000 for failing to have reasonably designed written policies and procedures in place to prevent trade-throughs of protected quotations in NMS stocks from November 2008 through August 2011 in connection with trading in its proprietary alternative trading system, SIGMA-X.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking & securities
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.