U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Parker Terrill Austin et al

  1. August 20, 2026

    Adviser, Startup To Pay SEC $266K For Taking Client Data

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has secured a nearly $266,000 judgment against a California-based investment adviser and his firm, and banned him from practicing for three years after he allegedly emailed himself confidential client information from his former employer and used it to launch his own investment firm.

  2. September 10, 2025

    SEC Says Adviser Startup Broke Investor Data Privacy Rule

    An investment adviser representative and his firm were hit with a suit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday over claims that the adviser, among other things, emailed himself confidential client information from his former employer as a step in creating his own investment firm.