Business Development Company May Have Been Unsuitable For Some Investors If you are an investor who suffered losses after your stockbroker recommended the Franklin Square KKR Capital II Fund (FSKR), also known as FS KKR Capital Corp II, you may have grounds for pursuing a broker fraud claim for damages. …
Diamond and Other Kalos Capital Brokers Are Accused of Broker Fraud Arni Diamond, who is now a registered representative with Dempsey Lord Smith, is currently the subject of a pending $200K broker fraud claim accusing him of making unsuitable alternative investment recommendations reportedly while he was a Kalos Capital broker. …
Elderly Investor Alleges Unsuitable Investment Recommendations Caused REIT Losses An Oklahoma retiree is seeking up to $500K in damages for investment losses she suffered while working with Kovack Securities broker, Susan Penney. The claimant contends that Penney and the broker-dealer misled her and made unsuitable recommendations when they persuaded her…
Fired Wells Fargo Representative is Barred by FINRA The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced this month that it is barring former Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network broker, Leonard Charles Kinsman, from the industry. The ban comes after Kinsman refused to testify in the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO’s) probe into his…
State Securities Regulator Claims GPB Capital Defrauded 180 Local Investors Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Galvin, has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against GPB Capital Holdings accusing it of defrauding 180 local investors who purchased more than $14M of private placements in five of the GPB funds. The alternative…
Alabama Retiree Lost Retirement Savings To Broker Fraud and Negligence An investor in Alabama has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration complaint against Kestra Investment Services, Inc. for retirement losses that she suffered while working with the now-former broker, James Daughtry. The firm fired Daughtry earlier this year…
Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, investors are finding themselves hit with huge investment losses, especially over the last few months as COVID-19 has shut down the economy, rattled the markets, and caused an oil price war. While the Coronavirus has negatively impacted many investments, you should know that some…
Unsuitability & Overconcentration May Lead to Unnecessary Investor Losses in Preferred Stocks If you are an investor in preferred stocks or preferred stock funds, you may have suffered losses as the preferred-stock market had dropped almost 5% since its mid-Feb peak. These stocks do carry some risk with them and…
Brokerage Firm Made Unsuitable Investment Recommendations to An Inexperienced Investor Our brokerage firm fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) have filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration against Morgan Stanley on behalf of an elderly Dallas, Texas investor. The investor in question sustained over…
Our San Francisco structured product fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) work with investors throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in helping them to recoup their losses. Structured products are not for everyone, although investors find them very attractive because they can provide the opportunity…