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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
Current Parent Company: Stifel Financial
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Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2005
Date: May 24, 2005
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: Thomas Weisel Partners agreed to pay $5 million to a group of states to settle allegations that its investment banking interests had undue influence on its securities research. This was part of a larger $12.5 million settlement involving the SEC; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Financial Regulators Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Missouri
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: financial services
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.