Defendant Name: Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: LR-18854

Document Details

Legal Case Name SEC v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Document Name SEC Sues Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. for Research Analyst Conflicts of Interest and Failure to Timely Produce All E-mail. Firm to Pay $87.5 Million to Settle With SEC, NASD, NYSE, and State Regulators
Document Date 26-Aug-2004
Document Format Civil Proceeding
Case Number 04-cv-06909
Federal District Court New York, Southern District of New York
Allegation Type Investment Advisers/Investment Companies
Document Summary According to the SEC: "The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has settled charges against Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a brokerage firm and investment bank with its headquarters and principal executive offices in New York, New York, arising from an investigation of research analyst conflicts of interest. This settlement is related to the global settlement that ten other firms reached with the Commission, NASD, Inc., the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"), and state securities regulators in April 2003."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Enjoinment
Compliance Related Independent Consultant
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     $25,000,000.00 Shared:    

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $25,000,000.00 Shared:    

Additional penalty ($7.5M); Independent Research ($25M); Investor Education ($5M)

Individual:     $37,500,000.00 Shared:    

Related Documents:

comp18854 26-Aug-2004 Complaint
Complaint
According to the SEC: "Deutsche Bank engaged in acts and practices that created and/or maintained inappropriate.influence by investment banking over research analysts, thereby creating conflicts of interest for its research analysts. Deutsche Bank failed to manage these conflicts in an adequate manner."
LR-21457 19-Mar-2010 Litigation Release
Court Approves Modifications to Global Research Analyst Settlement
On March 19, 2010, the SEC published a litigation release announcing that the Honorable William H. Pauley issued an order approving modifications to the final judgments entered against Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and the other firms covered by the Global Research Analyst Settlement.