Defendant Name: BMO Capital Markets Corporation

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 2025-3

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Document Name SEC Charges BMO Capital Markets with Failing to Supervise Agency Bond Desk
Document Date 13-Jan-2025
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-22398
Allegation Type Broker Dealer
Document Summary On January 13, 2025, the SEC stated that: "[It] charged registered broker-dealer BMO Capital Markets Corp. with failing to supervise employees who, from December 2020 until May 2023, sold mortgage-backed bonds using offering sheets and bond metrics that were misleading and did not accurately describe the characteristics of the collateral backing the bonds. To settle the charges, BMO agreed to pay more than $40 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
None Specified
Fair Funds
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     $19,417,908.00 Shared:    

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $19,000,000.00 Shared:    

Pre-Judgment Interest

Individual:     $2,241,507.00 Shared:    

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