FINRA Fines Ferris Baker Over Low-Income Note Sales

By Ryan Davis (October 20, 2010, 4:49 PM EDT) -- Broker-dealer Ferris Baker Watts Inc. — now a part of RBC Capital Markets Corp. — has been ordered to pay almost $700,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for allegedly selling reverse convertible notes to lower-income investors for whom the complex investments were not appropriate....

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