Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.

Voya Financial Advisors (Voya) is broker-dealer whose primary clients are individuals, high net worth individuals and pension and profit sharing plans. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Voya has over 1,500 branch offices nationwide and markets itself as “America’s Retirement Company”. Voya was previously ING US, Inc. and has been registered with FINRA and the SEC since 1968. The rebranding to Voya occurred in April, 2015.

Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. has been the subject of may regulatory investigations, some of which have resulted in disciplinary actions by regulators.

Source: FINRA, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Full Disciplinary Reports Available to the public at: finra.org.

Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. (CRD #2882, Des Moines, Iowa) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured and fined $325,000 plus interest. Without admitting or denying the findings, Voya consented to the sanctions and the findings that it failed to identify and apply volume discounts to certain eligible purchases of non-traded REITs and business development companies. This resulted in customers paying excessive sales charges. The firm failed to establish, maintain and enforce supervisory system and procedures with respect to these sales. (FINRA Case #2014042939401)

Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. (CRD #2882, Des Moines, Iowa) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm and four control affiliates were censured and fined $1,200,000. Voya (formerly ING Financial Partners) was responsible for $347,394.96 of the fine. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firms consented to the sanctions and the findings of violations of supervision and email retention requirements over an extended period of time. The firms self-reported the email issues and undertook an internal review of their supervisory policies, procedures and systems relating to these issues. The issues resulted in a widespread failure to retain and review emails as required by FINRA and federal securities laws. (FINRA Case #2012031270301)

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