WASHINGTON, D.C. August 15, 2008 — Karen Tyler, President of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), today announced that a settlement in principle has been reached between Wachovia Securities and state and federal securities regulators. The settlement will provide thousands of Wachovia clients with access to billions of dollars in funds that have been [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. August 14, 2008 — The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), Illinois Securities Department and Florida Office of Financial Regulation, along with the New York Office of the Attorney General, today announced that settlements have been reached with JP Morgan and its affiliates (including Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.) and Morgan Stanley, which [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. August 11, 2008 — Karen Tyler, President of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), announced today that a settlement in principle has been reached between UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. (UBS) and state and federal securities regulators.  The settlement will provide thousands of UBS clients with access to billions [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. August 7, 2008— North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) President Karen Tyler, Texas Securities Commissioner Denise Voigt Crawford, and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that a settlement has been reached with Citigroup, Inc., which will give thousands of Citigroup clients access to billions of [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 17, 2008—The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today said that several of its members have been conducting investigations involving auction-rate securities (ARS) and are coordinating their efforts to help investors who cannot access funds that their brokers placed in these complex investment products. “Given the number and nature of the complaints [...]