The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced Thursday that it has fined Barclays Capital Inc. $3 million for misrepresenting delinquency data and for inadequate supervision in connection with the issuance of residential subprime mortgage securitizations (RMBS).
According to FINRA’s findings, from March 2007 through December 2010, Barclays misrepresented the historical delinquency rates for three subprime RMBS it underwrote and sold. The inaccurate delinquency data posted on Barclays’ website was referenced as historical information in five subsequent RMBS investments and contained errors significant enough to affect an investor’s assessment of subsequent securitizations, the agency said.
Barclays neither admitted nor denied the charges in settling the matter, but consented to the entry of FINRA’s findings.