MFDA Hearing Panel approves settlement agreement with James Carney
TORONTO, April 18, 2017 /CNW/ - A settlement hearing in the matter of James Gerard Carney ("Respondent") was held on April 18, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario before a three-member Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA").
The Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and the Respondent, as a consequence of which the following penalties and costs were imposed on the Respondent:
- a fine in the amount of $20,000;
- costs in the amount of $2,500; and
- shall in future comply with MFDA Rules 2.3.1 and 2.1.1.
In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that:
| a) |
between May 2012 and January 2014, he processed approximately 188 authorized discretionary trades as part of a dollar-cost averaging strategy in relation to 10 clients, contrary to MFDA Rules 2.3.1 and 2.1.1; and |
| b) |
between August 13, 2013 and March 31, 2014, he processed 11 trades in the accounts of 2 clients based on the requests of the clients' spouses, contrary to MFDA Rules 2.3.1 and 2.1.1. |
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent conducted business in the Brampton, Ontario area
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 83,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
Charles Toth, Director, Litigation, 416-943-4619, [email protected]
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