CFTC fines Goldman Sachs $5.5M for recordingkeeping violations, prior order breach
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Goldman Sachs & Co.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against Goldman Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs & Co has agreed to pay a fine in the amount of $125,000 as a part of a settlement with Cboe BZX Exchange.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has agreed to pay a total fine of $3 million, of which $1.14 million is payable to FINRA.
A total of 16 Wall Street firms have agreed to pay combined penalties of more than $1.1 billion to settle SEC charges.
The CFTC has imposed a total penalty exceeding $710 million on 11 major banks, including Citi, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
During June 2022, Goldman Sachs inaccurately reported its large trader positions and submitted position adjustments after the prescribed deadline.
Goldman Sachs International (GSI) agreed to pay a monetary penalty of $125,000 and disgorge $1,319,249 in profits.
Goldman Sachs had no automated system or exception reports to verify that traders were accurately recording options order transmission times.
Goldman Sachs posted Global Markets net revenues of $7.87 billion for the first quarter of 2022, 4% higher than a year earlier.
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