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Citi ordered by panel to pay investors $54 million

An arbitration panel ordered Citigroup Inc to pay a group of investors $54.1 million for losses from municipal securities funds that cratered between 2007 and 2008, the biggest award yet involving the funds in a long series of legal claims against the bank.

 

California IOUs to be shunned by big banks after today

California IOUs to be shunned by big banks after today

Bank of America and other big institutions plan to enforce a cutoff, making it harder to cash vouchers. To protect IOU holders from third-party speculators, the SEC defines the vouchers as securities.

 

Wells Fargo accused of securities fraud by state lawsuit

Wells Fargo accused of securities fraud by state lawsuit

Attorney General Jerry Brown says customers were misled into believing that auction-rate securities were safe. Wells Fargo disputes that, and says it aided customers hit by the collapse of the market.

California today sued investment subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Co.

 

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