In a Texas securities case, FINRA arbitration panel has ordered Morgan Keegan & Co., a Regions Financial Corp., to pay 18 investors $9.2M for losses related to risky bond funds. The investors contend that the investment firm committed securities fraud when it convinced them to invest in certain funds that…
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority panel has ordered Morgan Keegan & Co. to pay investor Andrew Stein $2.5 million because the bond funds that he invested in had bet poorly on mortgage-related holdings. Panel members found Morgan Keegan liable for failure to supervise, negligence, and for selling investments that were…
US News and World Report says that the first decade of the 21st Century for fund investors got worse after the dotcom bubble burst in 2000. The media publication picked its 10 worst fund disasters: Reserve Primary Fund: Investors scrambled to cash in shares after the fund’s price sank to…