{"id":1255,"date":"2013-05-24T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2013\/05\/berthel_fisher_vsr_financial_s"},"modified":"2022-03-10T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T22:34:38","slug":"berthel-fisher-vsr-financial-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/berthel-fisher-vsr-financial-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Berthel Fisher, VSR Financial Services, &#038; Cetera Financial Modify the Way They Sell Nontraded REITs and Other Alternative Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tInvestment News is reporting that in the wake of pressure from regulators, Berthel Fisher &amp; Co. Financial Services Inc., Cetera Financial Group Inc. and VSR Financial Services Inc., are modifying the way they sell specific alternative investments, including nontraded real estate investment trusts, by revising current policy or including no procedures and guidelines. According to executives at the three brokerage firms, they want add liquid alternative choices to their platforms while staying mindful of the issues that regulators recently addressed. <\/p>\n<p>These types of financial instruments are in demand due to their higher yields, especially as traditional investment interest rates for retirees stay low due to the Federal Reserve&#8217;s policy.  According to VSR chairman Don Beary, Following recent FINRA&#8217;s &#8216;senior sweep,&#8217; his brokerage firm is now more careful about what senior citizens can invest in. VRS&#8217;s registered representatives have just been notified about the new illiquid alternative investment sale guidelines, which include a 35% of illiquid investment limit  for older clients&#8217; accounts-down from 40-50% previously. Also, for clients in the 70 to 75 age group, they will be allowed to possess no more than 25% of illiquid investments in their portfolio. Clients in the 75 to 84 age group have a 15% limit, while customers older than that will not be allowed to make own any illiquid investments. <\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Centera hasn&#8217;t modified customer allocations percentages , but it has enhanced its representative training requirements for representatives that sell illiquid investments and brought in more employees to conduct product due diligence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/berthel-fisher-vsr-financial-s\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Berthel Fisher, VSR Financial Services, &#038; Cetera Financial Modify the Way They Sell Nontraded REITs and Other Alternative Instruments\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investment News is reporting that in the wake of pressure from regulators, Berthel Fisher &amp; Co. 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