Investor Alert: Cowen and Company was censured and fined $120,000 for violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 101
FINRA Sanctions & Allegations of Misconduct
FINRA censured and fined $120,000 Cowen and Company, LLC (CRD #7616) from New York, New York for violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 101 of Regulation M by bidding for covered security and purchasing covered security during a restricted period while acting as a distribution participant participating in a distribution of securities on behalf of an issuer. Additionally, the firm failed to provide complete and/or timely notifications to FINRA in connection with the distributions as required by FINRA Rule 5190.
Investors Have the Right to Recover Their Losses
When investments are sold by brokerage firms licensed by FINRA, they are subject to the laws that FINRA enforces. The brokerage firms are responsible for ensuring that their brokers are trading fairly, ethically and in the best interest of their clients. Ideally, they would accomplish this through careful supervision. Unfortunately, too often this supervision has been inadequate to fully protect investors. If you purchased any investments through a representative of a registered brokerage firm and suffered losses through negligence or fraud, it immediately puts the brokerage firm at fault for failing to supervise their broker. FINRA law then dictates that you can hold the firm legally liable to recover your damages.
Can I recover my investment losses?
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