• NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

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      • CH-21-2110
      • Notice Date
      • 20 August 2021
      • Effective Date
      • 20 August 2021
    • FILE NO.:                    21-CH-2110

      MEMBER FIRM:          J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      COMEX RULE:            930. PERFORMANCE BOND REQUIREMENTS: ACCOUNT HOLDER LEVEL

      E.  Calls for Performance Bond

      3.     Clearing members must maintain written records of all performance bond calls issued and satisfied in whole or in part.             

      FINDING:                  Pursuant to an offer of settlement in which J.P. Morgan Securities LLC neither admitted nor denied the rule violation upon which the penalty is based, on August 19, 2021, the Clearing House Risk Committee found that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC violated COMEX Rule 930.E.3.

      PENALTY:                  In accordance with the settlement offer, the Committee imposed a $50,000 fine.

      EFFECTIVE DATE:    August 20, 2021