Alpine Securities Corporation (CRD #14952, Salt Lake City, Utah) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent in which the firm was censured, fined $10,000, and required to revise its written supervisory procedures with respect to firm quotations. Without admitting or denying the allegations, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that as a registered market maker, it failed to execute orders presented to the firm at the firm's published bid or offer in an amount up to its published quotation size and thereby failed to honor its published quotation. The findings also stated that the firm's supervisory system failed to provide for supervision reasonably designed to achieve compliance with respect to applicable securities laws and regulations concerning firm quotations. (NASD Case #CMS010103)
Alpine Securities Corporation (CRD #14952, Salt Lake City, Utah) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent in which the firm was censured, fined $20,000, and required to revise its written supervisory procedures with respect to the Order Audit Trail SystemSM (OATSSM). Without admitting or denying the allegations, Alpine Securities consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that it transmitted to OATS reports that contained inaccurate, incomplete, or improperly formatted data. The findings also stated that the firm’s supervisory system did not provide for supervision reasonably designed to achieve compliance with respect to applicable securities laws and regulations, and NASD rules concerning OATS. (NASD Case #CLG050041)
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