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Argentina’s CNV Hits Rosario Brokerage With ARS 1 Billion Fine Over Client-Asset Misuse

The regulator applied a multiple-of-benefit formula to escalate the penalty, pairing it with market bans to underscore investor-custody safeguards.

Overview

  • The CNV determined that ALyC Daniel A. Casanovas y Asociados S.A. disposed of clients’ negotiable securities without the specific authorization required by regulation.
  • Using the statutory multiple-of-benefit method, the board set the sanction at about ARS 1.009 billion—roughly ten times the usual ARS 100 million cap after calculating illicit gains near ARS 672 million.
  • The resolution disqualifies directors Daniel Andrés Casanovas, Fernando Agustín Gatti and Silvina Mariela Casanovas for five years and bars both the firm and its directors from operating in the market.
  • CNV president Roberto E. Silva said grave breaches warrant exemplary penalties, emphasizing that unauthorized use of investor assets violates core custody, recordkeeping and instruction-execution principles.
  • The action aligns with a June 2025 decision in the Guardati Torti S.A. case that used the same multiplier approach and is separate from prior judicial investigations reported involving Daniel Casanovas.