From at least March 2019 through August 2021, the Cetera Firms’ supervisory systems, including their written supervisory procedures (WSPs), were not reasonably designed to achieve compliance with Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, in violation of FINRA Rules 3110 and 2010. Over the same period, the Cetera Firms’ anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program was not reasonably designed to detect and cause the reporting of suspicious transactions, in violation of FINRA Rules 3310(a), 3310(f)(ii), and 2010.

ABN AMRO Capital violated several interrelated regulatory requirements designed to ensure broker-dealers maintain sufficient liquid resources to meet their financial commitments.