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Houston Based Valic Financial Advisors Fined $1.75M by Securities Regulator

Houston Based Valic Financial Advisors Fined $1.75M by Securities Regulator

Houston Based Valic Financial Advisors Fined $1.75M by Securities Regulator 150 150 Rex Securities Law

November 2016-Houston, Texas

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined Valic Financial Advisors  (VFA)$1.75 million for conflicts of interest related to the way it compensates brokers selling annuities.

FINRA found that Valic failed to have a reasonable system to address and review the conflict of interest created by its compensation policy.

According to FINRA,  “From October 2011 through October 2014, VFA created a conflict of interest by providing registered representatives a financial incentive to recommend that customers move their funds from Valic variable annuities to the firm’s fee-based platform or into a Valic fixed index annuity,”

“VFA further incentivized the conflict by prohibiting its registered representatives from receiving compensation when moving customer funds from a Valic VA to non-Valic VAs, mutual funds or other non-Valic products.”

Valic Financial Advisors is headquartered in Houston, TX, and has about 1,700 registered individuals located in 182 branch offices nationwide.  Valic is owned through subsidiaries of American International Group (AIG) , the giant insurer.

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