BofA, Merrill Unit Pay $5M To Settle 'Pre-Hedging' Probes

By Pete Brush (September 22, 2017, 5:02 PM EDT) -- Bank of America Corp. and its Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. broker-dealer unit agreed to pay a total of $5 million to settle allegations they misled prosecutors and regulators investigating former New York swaps traders for executing futures trades after learning big trades were in the pipeline, federal authorities announced Friday....

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