Goldman Sachs to Pay $650,000 for Failing to Disclose Wells Notices
Nancy Condon, George Smaragdis
FINRA.org, 9 November 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Goldman, Sachs & Co. $650,000 for failing to disclose that two of its registered representatives, including Fabrice Tourre, had received formal notices from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that they were the subjects of investigations. Tourre’s “Wells Notice” was issued in connection with the SEC’s investigation of an offering of a synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO) called ABACUS 2007-ACI (Abacus).