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…
More Fallout From Hedge Fund’s Sell-Off A month after Archegos Capital Management (Archegos), a hedge fund and the family office of Bill Hwang, liquidated more than $30 Billion in equities when banks ordered it to post more collateral after borrowing on margin, news about the fallout continues. UBS Group has…
Alabama Investor Contends The Daughtry Group Owner Unsuitably Invested His Retirement Funds Another investor has stepped forward to file a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Kestra Investment Services over financial losses sustained while working with the firm’s former broker, James Blake Daughtry. The latter ran a local…
Claimant Suffered Significant Losses in Non-Traded Oil and Gas Investment An investor recently filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against the brokerage firm, David Lerner Associates for losses he sustained in the Energy 11, LP, an oil and gas private placement that many of the firm’s brokers…
Central American Retiree Worked with Louisiana-based Financial Advisor Robin Platt In his Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Hancock Whitney Investment Services, Inc., a senior investor in Central America is seeking up to $5M in damages. The senior investor suffered losses when he invested $1.25M in Northstar Financial…
FINRA Arbitration Claim Was Brought by Mexican Investors Who Trusted US Broker-Dealer To Keep Their Assets Safe A retired couple from Mexico is requesting up to $500K plus interest and costs from J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC over losses they suffered from investing in a Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) variable annuity. …
Boutique Broker-Dealer Pays Another 7-Figures to Resolve Customer Disputes Independent brokerage firm Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc. has agreed to settle another Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim with investors. This time, 50 customers had pursued financial recovery from the firm. According to the broker-dealer’s yearly audited financial statement…
FINRA Panel’s Ruling is UBS Financial’s Third Loss Involving Yield Enhancement Strategy In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration ruling, UBS Financial Services (UBS) must pay an Ohio couple $371K for financial losses they sustained from the brokerage firm’s Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES). This is the third UBS Yes…
Integration Instigated After Advisor Group’s Acquisition of Ladenburg Thalman Securities America, which is a broker-dealer of the Advisor Group network, has completed integrating brokerage firms Investacorp, KMS Financial Securities, and Securities Services Network into its fold. All four were Ladenburg Thalman broker-dealers until Advisor Group acquired Ladenburg and its firms…
Unsuitability Involving Private Placements Alleged Our unsuitable investment fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are looking into customer complaints involving SagePoint Financial stockbroker, Christopher R. Bice. His BrokerCheck record shows a number of pending investment fraud claims including at least two customer disputes…