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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney settles CFTC charges

The US agency said the firm mistakenly made a transfer from customer-secured account and fixed the error the next day

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday said it ordered Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to pay $490,000 to settle charges it violated rules for keeping funds separate.

The commission said the firm erroneously transferred $16 million out of a customer-secured funds bank account in April 2013, and fixed the error after discovering it the next day. The firm also followed up by changing its procedures after an independent review, the CFTC said.

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