FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse for Misrepresenting Delinquency Rates on MBS
June 3, 2011
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority last week fined Credit Suisse Securities and Merrill Lynch for alleged misrepresentation of delinquency data and inadequate supervision of subprime residential MBS that ended up misleading investors about the performance of pool assets. FINRA found that in 2006, Credit Suisse misrepresented the historical delinquency rates for 21 subprime RMBS it underwrote and sold, the independent regulator said in a statement. Although Credit Suisse knew...