
NEWARK – The Office of the Attorney General through its Bureau of Securities today signed a final Consent Order that requires Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to complete or confirm its repurchase of auction-rate securities (ARS) from New Jersey clients to settle allegations that the firm’s securities dealers failed to disclose risks of the ARS market. Under this settlement, 2,873 individual investors in New Jersey as defined in the Consent Order are eligible to have $623.5 million in ARS repurchased. “Citigroup’s New Jersey investors whose ARS investments were frozen during last year’s meltdown will now have free access to their funds, under terms of this settlement,” Attorney General Anne Milgram said. “Our Bureau of Securities worked with other state regulators to protect investors and safeguard their monies.”