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Customer of UBS Broker Andrew Burish Seeks $23M Over Tesla Stock Losses

UBS Financial Broker Runs The Burish Group in the Midwest  If you are an investor who suffered losses while working with UBS broker Andrew Burish, please contact our broker fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com).  Burish is considered a top UBS financial advisor…

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Brokers May Have Unsuitably Recommended Lodging Fund REIT III

SEC Looks at Reimbursements Made to Legendary Capital REIT III If your financial advisor recommended that you invest in Lodging Fund REIT III and you suffered losses, you may have grounds for a broker fraud claim to recover damages.  The publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) disclosed in…

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Cambridge Investment Services, Securities America, and JW Cole Financial Fined Over LJM Preservation & Growth Fund Recommendations

Broker-Dealers Collectively Will Pay $550K Fine and Over $3.3M in Restitution  The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined and censured three brokerage firms after finding that they failed to supervise recommendations of the LJM Preservation and Growth Fund (LJMIX, LJMCX, LJMAX) and did not conduct the proper due diligence…

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Why SPACs Can Be A Poor Investment Choice For Retail Investors

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Can Lead To Losses, High Fees If you are an investor whose broker recommended that you invest in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and you have suffered losses on your investment, you should contact our investment fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK…

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GPB Capital Notifies Investors of Independent Monitor But Denies Ponzi Fraud Allegations

SEC Requested Monitor to Protect GPB Fund Investors  In a letter dated March 3rd, 2021, to all investors of its limited partnerships, CFO and interim CEO of GPB Capital Holdings, Rob Chmiel, notified investors that the firm has consented to a court-appointed independent monitor by the SEC to run the…

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Atria Wealth Solutions to Acquire SCF Securities Which Sold GPB Investments

Wealth Management Firm Also May Have Sold ARC NYC REIT, NorthstarHealthcare Income REITs, and Other Illiquid Securities  Wealth management solutions holding company, Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. recently announced that it is acquiring SCF Securities, which is a brokerage firm based in Fresno, California. Also included in the acquisition will be…

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$1.8B Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Fund Stops Suspensions Following Fraud Allegations

Infinity Q Capital Management Founder May Have Incorrectly Valued Certain Fund Assets The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the suspension of redemptions on the $1.8B Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Investor Fund (IQDAX). This includes postponing redemption date payments past seven days. The move comes in the wake…

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Commonwealth Financial Network Broker Joseph Leonczyk Sold FS Energy and FS KKR Investments To Customers

Financial Advisor in Ludlow, Massachusetts is Named in Two Pending Customer Disputes Joseph Anthony Leonczyk, a Commonwealth Financial Network registered representative, is currently named in two pending customer disputes in which the claimants allege that he unsuitably recommended that they invest in FS Energy and Power Fund (FSEP),  FS KKR…

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Broker Tamber Proctor Accused of Unsuitably Recommending FS Energy & Power Fund and the Northstar REIT

Ex-LPL Broker Marketed Non-Traded Investments To Mississippi Retiree  A retired investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against LPL Financial and its former broker, Tamber King Proctor, seeking up to $100K in damages.  The claimant contends that LPL Financial and Proctor should have never recommended that…

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Spirit of America Energy Investors May Have Grounds for Unsuitability Claims Against David Lerner Associates

Proprietary, Non-Traded Oil, Gas and Energy Investments Plunged  In Value If your David Lerner Associates broker recommended and sold you any of the firm’s proprietary non-traded oil and gas investments and you sustained significant losses, you may have grounds for an investor fraud claim for damages.  The privately-held broker-dealer exclusively…

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