Did Stephens, Inc. Cause You Investment Losses?
Stephens, Inc. based out of Little Rock Arkansas, submitted a letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (AWC) in which it was censured and fined $900,000 by FINRA for failing to adequately supervise the content and dissemination of “flash” emails, along with the securities trading in connection with the content of these emails. According to Stephens, the use of “flash” emails was to provide a means of sharing publicly available information, such as press releases and earnings calls, with the firm’s sales personnel who would then share the publicly available information to interested clients. However, FINRA found that Stephens, Inc. failed to properly supervise the content and dissemination of these flash emails, thereby creating the risk that they could potentially contain nonpublic information that could be misused by sales and trading staff. FINRA found Stephens, Inc. representatives sometimes forwarded flash emails which were marked for internal use only to customers. Stephens representatives were also found to have cut and pasted the text of an internal only flash email to firm customers. The firm consented to the sanctions and agreed to additional remedial actions such as discontinuing the distribution of the flash emails and submitting a written plan of how it will review the adequacy and implementation of its policies and procedures related to the aforementioned supervisory violations.
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