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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Needham & Company LLC
Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2014
Date: December 11, 2014
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined 10 firms a total of $43.5 million for allowing their equity research analysts to solicit investment banking business and for offering favorable research coverage in connection with the 2010 planned initial public offering of Toys R Us.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government.
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