Conflicts of Interests Continue to Plague the Industry
Merrill Lynch was recently fined more the $8 million for violating the anti-fraud and policies and procedures provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. In other words, the SEC found that Bank of America's Merrill failed to disclose a conflict of interest to more than 1,500 of Merrill’s retail advisory accounts who were sold approximately $575 million in products. Marc P. Berger, Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office said that they failed to "disclose its own