December 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges Morgan Stanley with customer protection rule violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle charges it used trades involving customer cash to lower the firm’s borrowing costs in violation of the SEC’s Customer Protection Rule. The Customer Protection Rule is intended to safeguard customers’ cash and securities…

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