LPLA, SF & Others to Face Penalty for Overcharging Retail Investors

Key Takeaways Five brokerages will pay $19M in a multistate settlement over excessive retail investor commissions. Regulators found firms violated FINRA Rule 2121 by applying high minimum fees on low-value trades. Edward Jones led with $11M in charges across 780K trades; firms must now revise commission policies.Five brokerage firms, LPL Financial (LPLA) , RBC Capital Markets, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) , TD Ameritrade, a subsidiary of Charles Schwab (SCHW) , Stifel Financial (SF) , and Edw ...