August 2017: FINRA fined the brokerage firm $100K for allegedly failing to supervise the sale of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds. This resulted in customers purchasing 6,500 ETFs worth about $92M in 1400 accounts. Meanwhile, FSC Securities earned about $603K ...

Risky Investments: Investing a conservative senior's funds in risky investments, such as private placements, nontraded real estate investment trusts (nontraded REITs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), business development companies (BDCs), structured products, oil and gas investments, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), or collateralized ...

BofA Securities, which is Bank of America’s multinational investment banking division, offers services related to mergers, acquisitions, lending, equity and debt capital markets, risk management, trading, liquidity and payments management, and research.

Galvin determined that the broker-dealer failed to review its financial advisors' social media or detect excessive trading in their accounts. $4M was to settle the allegations and $750K was because the firm didn’t register more than 470 of its broker-dealer ...

Video Summary: Unauthorized Trading, Broker Fraud and Investment Loss Video Transcript: Unless a financial advisor or stockbroker has discretionary authority to handle your account he or she is not allowed to make any transactions in your account without your commission.

Some of the allegations may include: Unsuitability Misrepresentations and omissions Churning Selling away Overconcentration Failure to supervise Negligence Margin account Broker fraud Unauthorized trading Breach of fiduciary duty Why Do You Need Your Own Securities Lawyer?

Explaining the term “rescission” with an example of rescission offers with a non-traded REIT. Watch Video What is selling away? Selling away is one of the most common reasons why investors lose money. Watch Video What is the difference between ...

This entails tactics such as unauthorized trading, misrepresentation, pressuring sales tactics, and more. There Are a Few Common Types of Stockbroker Fraud: Omissions or misrepresentation: Occurs when a brokerage firm or broker misrepresents facts or does not disclose facts to ...

Churning which involves making too many trades in an account so that the broker can keep earning commissions. Engaging in trades or buying investments without the customer’s knowledge or approval. This is a practice known as unauthorized trading .

This means only employing a trading strategy or making investment recommendations that fully align with the investor’s goals, portfolio, and risk tolerance level.