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Allegations of Unsuitable Investment Recommendations Involving This Private Equity Real Estate Investment<\/h1>\n

The law firm Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is investigating brokers who unsuitably recommended risky, illiquid Participant Capital private equity real estate funds to retail investors, potentially driven by high commissions of up to 10%. Following a recent FINRA arbitration award of nearly $460,000 against a broker-dealer over Participant Capital losses, the firm is offering contingency-based legal representation to help affected investors recover their funds.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are an investor who suffered losses in\u00a0Participant Capital Growth Fund<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com<\/a>) wants to talk to you. We are continuing to investigate claims that brokers may have unsuitably recommended this alternative investment, and other Participant Capital products, including Participant Capital Fund I, to customers.<\/p>\n

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Allegations of Unsuitable Investment Recommendations Involving This Private Equity Real Estate Investment The law firm Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is investigating brokers who unsuitably recommended risky, illiquid Participant Capital private equity real estate funds to retail investors, potentially driven by high commissions of up to 10%. Following a recent FINRA arbitration award of nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3762,4055],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-investigations","category-featured-investigation"],"yoast_head":"\nPrivate Placement Loss Lawyers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lost money in private placements? 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