The trend of text messaging compliance failures at investment firms continues as an investigation by Finra finds multiple violations at a Florida broker-dealer.
Dawson James Securities, a Boca Raton, Florida-based firm, and its CEO, Robert Dawson Keyser Jr., have agreed to pay fines to Finra over multiple compliance failures over the past decade, including lapses in preserving business-related text messages and conducting due diligence on private placement offerings.