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China Closes Citadel Account In Short-Selling Crackdown
http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/08/citadel-china/
CITADEL SECURITIES FINED $800,000 BY SECURITIES REGULATORS
http://blog.rexsecuritieslaw.com/category/bro...ecurities/
Citadel demands public scrutiny because it has been fined and/or sanctioned for market misconduct 26 times according to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) records. To put that number in perspective, if an individual broker had 26 violations on his public record he would have a very difficult time getting hired by a reputable firm. (Bad brokers with long histories of misconduct do sometimes get hired, unfortunately, because disciplinary records are expunged from the public record as part of settlement agreements.)
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2014/08/citadel...perations/