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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Securities America, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Reverence Capital Partners
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Penalty: $752,686
Year: 2015
Date: October 20, 2015
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered 12 firms to pay restitution totaling more than $4 million and fines totaling more than $2.6 million for failing to apply available sales charge discounts to customers' purchases of Unit Investment Trusts (UITs), and related supervisory failures.
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: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
Specific Industry of Current Parent: private equity (including portfolio companies)
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Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government.
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