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CaseNo: 34-43053, Defendant: JWGenesis Financial, Inc., formerly known as JW Charles Financial Services, Inc., Plaintiff: SEC, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-43053, Agro, Jwcfs, Common Stock, Shares, Exchange Act, Jwcc, Schedule, Commission, Investment, Securities, Outstanding, Market, Violations, Offering, Administrative Proceedings, Pursuant, Market Making, Subsidiaries, Broker-dealer, Charles, Acquisition, Respondent, Americas, Thereunder, Statutory, Holding, Tender, Merger, Accumulate , ContentID: 120244295

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1 2000-07-18 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   Before the
   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Release No. 43053 / July 19, 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10256
     _________________________________________________________________

   In the Matter of

   JWGENESIS FINANCIAL, INC.,
   formerly known as JW CHARLES
   FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,

   Respondent.
     _________________________________________________________________

     ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
   PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C
   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
   ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS,
   AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER

   I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate that a public administrative proceeding be, and hereby is,
   instituted pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of
   1934 ("Exchange Act") against Respondent JWGenesis Financial, Inc.,
   formerly known as JW Charles Financial Services, Inc. ("JWCFS").

   II.

   In anticipation of the institution of these administrative
   proceedings, the Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement (the
   "Offer") which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the
   purpose of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or
   on behalf of the Commission or in which the Commission is a party, and
   without admitting or denying the findings, Respondent consents to the
   entry of this Order Instituting Public Administrative Proceedings
   Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making
   Findings, and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order (the "Order").

   III.
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  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate that a public administrative
  • 1934 against Respondent JWGenesis Financial, Inc., formerly known as JW Charles Financial
  • This matter involves the failure by JWCFS timely to file a Schedule 13D and its subsequent
  • JWCFS's violations occurred in connection with its acquisition of approximately 25% of the
  • In failing to make the required filing and amendments thereto, JWCFS violated Section 13of
  • JWGenesis Financial, Inc., which, as a result of a statutory share exchange under Florida law
  • Before the statutory share exchange, JWGenesis Financial, Inc. had been the public company
  • During all times relevant hereto, JWGenesis Financial, Inc. was the sole shareholder of
  • These operating subsidiaries engaged primarily in securities brokerage, investment banking,
  • The Americas Growth Fund, Inc., during the relevant time, was a non-diversified, closed-end
  • AGRO traded on the NASDAQ Small Cap market and was registered with the Commission pursuant to
  • with a $5 million common stock offering.
  • As a result of that tender offer and a statutory short-form merger in December 1998, JWCFS
  • Until December 1996, JWCC held a position in AGRO stock consistent with typical market making
  • JWCFS's management made the decision to maintain the high bid price for AGRO, knowing that
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