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REIT Loss Attorneys

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You An Investor Who Lost Money In Tuscan Gardens REIT?

Ex-Florida Broker Sean Casterline Allegedly Unsuitable Marketed Private Placements

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is representing a South Carolina retiree in his broker fraud lawsuit against International Assets Advisory and its former registered representative Sean Donovan Casterline. The ex-Florida financial advisor, who was most recently with Delta Securities, was sanctioned by FINRA for allegedly taking part in unauthorized securities transactions without telling his member brokerage firm. This included the fact that he was Managing Director of Private Equity for Tuscan Gardens.

Margin Abuse Attorneys

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You The Victim of Excessive Use Of Margin?

Our Savvy Margin Abuse Attorneys May Be Able To Help

If you suffered significant losses after your broker unsuitably recommended that you borrow or buy on margin, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) today. Using a margin account to increase capital and returns is incredibly risky and unsuitable for most novice and retail investors. Depending on your financial goals, age, and risk tolerance level, it may not even be appropriate for you even if you are a wealthy investor. That said, it can also be an appropriate and very profitable investing strategy for certain sophisticated investors who can handle a high level of risk.

L Bond Loss Lawyers

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

There is Still Time To Try To Recover Your GWG L Bond Losses

California Brokers From Expelled Firm Ordered To Pay More Than $1M To Investor

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel recently awarded over $1 million in damage to a GWG L Bond investor. The three respondents in the case were all former financial advisors at the now-expelled broker-dealer Accelerated Capital Group in Costa Mesa, CA. Two of them, Michael Barrows and Eric Ludovico, were ordered to pay the award. (They are now registered M Stevens Securities brokers in Irvine, CA.)

Denver Investor Loss Lawyers

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Denver Investor Lawyers

Our Colorado Investment Loss Recovery Law Firm Can Help You Determine Whether Financial Advisor Fraud Was Involved

Portfolio losses can have life-altering consequences for an investor. From our securities law offices in Denver and Ridgway, CO, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represent Colorado investors in recouping the damages they are owed by the brokerage firms and investment advisers who should have done a better job of managing their clients’ assets.

Broker Negligence Lawyers

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investment Losses In Dutch General Life Insurance/Conservatrix?

The Time To Sue Your Broker For Damages Is Now

Earlier this month, Dutch General Life Insurance Company, doing business as Conservatrix, asked a North Carolina federal court to enforce an approximately $158 million award against embattled US billionaire Greg Lindberg. Conservatrix is one of a number of his insurers that are demanding that he pay them back.

FINRA Lawsuit Attorney

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You A Novice Investor Whose Broker Unsuitably Recommended GWG L Bonds?

You May Be Able To Pursue Damages By Filing A FINRA Lawsuit

If you are a GWG L bond investor who suffered serious losses in what is now believed to have been a classic Ponzi scam, please know that there is no guarantee that you will get much, if anything at all, back if you are relying solely on the regulatory actions and class action securities lawsuits. Not to mention that all of those could take years to resolve.

Annuity Fraud Law Firm

Published on: November 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You A Retiree Who Suffered Serious Variable Annuity Losses?

Investors File FINRA Lawsuit Seeking Up To $1M In Damages from Ameriprise Financial

For years the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has been cautioning brokers against selling variable life insurance to retirees. The self-regulatory organization (SRO) has even said that certain products, such as deferred variable annuities, could be too risky for many older retirees. Yet that hasn’t stopped many financial advisors from unsuitably recommending that seniors use their retirement money to invest in variable annuities (VAs). Such investments tend to be illiquid and are generally long-term investments, while many older investors, because of their age, are best suited for financial products with shorter-term investment horizons and aren’t too volatile or high-risk. It is important to note that this holds true even with VAs that come with riders specifically for seniors.

Investment Loss Recovery Attorney

Published on: October 25, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Non-Traded REIT Investment Loss Recovery

Procaccianti Hotel REIT Investors Seek To Recoup Their Money

If you invested in the Procaccianti Hotel REIT and suffered losses, please contact our Investment Loss Recovery Attorney team at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) today so that we can help you explore your legal options. The publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust (non-traded REIT) announced that it would be limiting investor redemptions and that such payments would be contingent upon the authorization of its board of directors.

Annuity Fraud Attorneys

Published on: October 25, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

More Japanese Investors Sue Bankoh Investment and Broker Yoko Farias Over Northstar (Bermuda)

Our Trusted Annuity Fraud Attorneys Represent Asian and Latin American Citizens Against US Brokerage Firms

Once again, a Japanese investor is suing Bankoh Investment Services and its broker Yoko Farias over losses they sustained because the latter allegedly unsuitably marketed and sold Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) annuities to them. The claimant, who met Farias through the Bank of Hawaii, is accusing the respondents of overconcentrating his assets in this risky, offshore investment, which is now in liquidation proceedings. Seeking up to $500K in damages, our client is also alleging unsuitable investment recommendations, due diligence failures, misrepresentations and omissions, and gross lack of supervision.

Investment Broker Fraud Law Firm

Published on: October 23, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did Emerson Equity Broker Tony Barouti Sell You GWG L Bonds?

The Investment Broker Fraud Law Firm of Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Is Continuing To Investigate Investor Losses

If you are an investor who suffered losses in GWG Holdings L Bonds, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) today. To date, our Investment Broker Fraud Law Firm has filed a number of broker fraud lawsuits against the broker-dealers and, in some cases, their registered representatives who allegedly unsuitably sold these high-risk junk bonds to investors. GWG Holdings is accused of operating a more than $1.6B Ponzi scam.