
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority censured LPL Financial LLC and fined it $10 million for broad supervisory failures in a number of key areas, including the sales of non-traditional exchange-traded funds (etfs), certain variable annuity contracts, non-traded real estate investment trusts (reits) and other complex products, as well as its failure to monitor and report trades and deliver to customers more than 14 million trade confirmations. In addition to the fine, FINRA ordered LPL to pay approximately $1.7 million in restitution to certain customers who purchased non-traditional etfs. For more info visit https://www.finra.org/media-center/news-releases/2015/finra-sanctions-lpl-117-million-widespread-supervisory-failures