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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Fitch Ratings, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Hearst
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Penalty: $8,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: September 3, 2024
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against six nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or NRSROs, for significant failures by the firms and their personnel to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted the facts set forth in their respective SEC orders; acknowledged that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws; agreed to pay combined civil penalties of more than $49 million, as detailed below; and have begun implementing improvements to their compliance policies and procedures to address these violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: media
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.