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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: AXA Advisors, LLC
Current Parent Company: Equitable Holdings
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Penalty: $2,600,000
Year: 2007
Date: September 5, 2007
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined AXA Advisors, LLC, $1.2 million for failing to adequately supervise its fee-based brokerage business and distributing misleading sales literature for its fee-based brokerage account program, CapAdvantage, between 2001 and 2005. FINRA also ordered AXA Advisors to return $1.4 million in fees to approximately 1,800 customers who were inappropriately placed or kept in fee-based brokerage accounts.
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: investment management
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