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Date: December 3, 2013
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority panel says that National Planning Corp. must pay a $6.2 million REIT arbitration award to Minnesota investors Stacy and Ronnie Erickson. The Erickson and trusts on their behalf accused the independent brokerage firm and its ...
Date: November 25, 2013
Already, independent broker-dealers are headed toward selling $20 billion in nontraded REITS in 2013, which is nearly twice the amount that were sold in 2012. According to LPL Financial, its commissions for nontraded REITs and other alternative investments has gone ...
Date: November 23, 2013
In the dispute between investors and CommonWealth REIT (CWH) over whether to oust its board, an arbitration panel said that attempts by shareholder to remove trustees were not valid but that a new vote could go forward.
Date: October 22, 2013
REITs: Real estate investment scams may involve new development projects or buying, or beleaguered properties.
Date: September 4, 2013
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin just announced that independent broker-dealers Ameriprise Financial Services (AMP), Securities America Inc., Commonwealth Financial Network, Lincoln Financial Advisors, and Royal Alliance Associates have consented to pay another $10.75 million in restitution over non-traded ...
Date: August 13, 2013
Certain mortgage REITs even had to use money that was borrowed to amplify possible returns. Financial firms that purchase mortgage bonds and loans have been contending with speculation that the Fed will lower its $85 billion of monthly debt purchasing ...
Date: July 18, 2013
Securities America Stops Selling Nontraded REIT ARC V Securities America Inc. has severed ties with American Realty Capital Trust V Inc., a top-selling nontraded REIT. The independent broker-dealer blamed this on an overconcentration risk and its own exposure to real ...
Date: July 8, 2013
This type of REIT is hard to sell when a customer wants out. Galvin said that it was during that probe his staff discovered there were a lot of brokers, who were not only inadequately supervised, but also they were ...
Date: July 2, 2013
Financial Firms in the Headlines: UBS Charges Financial Planning Fees, MF Global Customers Seek to Cap Ex-Leaders’ Legal Defense Expenses, Ex-Thompson REIT CFO is Suspended
Date: June 12, 2013
Brokerage Firms Change Hands as Insurers Divest In House Securities Firms, While REIT Manager Schorsch Buys First Allied Securities
