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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: SG Americas Securities, LLC
Current Parent Company: Societe Generale
Penalty: $4,478,000
Year: 2005
Date: November 14, 2005
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: NASD fined three firms-and expelled a fourth-for violations relating to trading in corporate high yield bonds. All four firms were cited for charging excessive markups or markdowns in bond trades, as well as for supervision violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: France
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government. This case was handled by its predecessor, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.