{"id":24719,"date":"2022-03-18T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=24719"},"modified":"2022-03-18T13:26:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:26:20","slug":"first-allied-securities-finra-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/first-allied-securities-finra-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Retirees Win $2.6M FINRA Arbitration Award Against First Allied Securities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cetera Broker-Dealer Unsuitably Recommended Non-Traded REITs to Retired Couple<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LLP (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) and Menzer &amp; Hill, PA, are pleased to announce that a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded our clients a $2.6M award against <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/firm\/summary\/32444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Allied Securities<\/a>. This includes $1.1M in compensatory damages, $818K in market-adjusted damages, more than $660K in legal fees, and $40K in other expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was a unanimous decision by the three-person panel of arbitrators, which awarded the retired couple the total amount they requested. The arbitration panel was just as troubled as our knowledgeable broker misconduct attorneys were about the actions of First Allied Securities and its financial advisors. First Allied is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/cetera-financial-group.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cetera Financial Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> broker-dealer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/first-allied-securities-finra-award\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Arizona Retirees Win $2.6M FINRA Arbitration Award Against First Allied Securities\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cetera Broker-Dealer Unsuitably Recommended Non-Traded REITs to Retired Couple Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LLP (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) and Menzer &amp; Hill, PA, are pleased to announce that a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded our clients a $2.6M award against First Allied Securities. 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