The past 12 months have been a boom period for Perth’s big stockbroking firms, but the year ended on a sour note for the state’s largest broker, Patersons Securities, which has run into compliance problems at its Canberra branch.

The past 12 months have been a boom period for Perth’s big stockbroking firms, but the year ended on a sour note for the state’s largest broker, Patersons Securities, which has run into compliance problems at its Canberra branch.