After American Realty Capital New York City Real Estate Investment Trust Went Public, Share Price Plunged If you are a retail investor whose broker recommended that you invest in American Realty Capital (ARC) New York City Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), you may have grounds for an unsuitable investment recommendation…
Retail Investors Were Allegedly Told To Hold Exchange-Traded Products for Too Long In separate settlements reached with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Royal Alliance Associates, Securities America Advisors, Summit Financial Group, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., and American Portfolio Financial Services / American Portfolio Advisers will pay over…
High Net Worth Individual Investor Alleges That UBS Group AG Persuaded Him To Buy On Margin Guo Wengui, a rich Chinese businessman exiled in New York, has filed a lawsuit against UBS Financial Group after losing $500M. Wengui contends that the bank pressured him into borrowing funds to invest in…
Barred Ohio Stockbroker Accused of Over 500 Unsuitable Exchange Traded Fund Transactions Dominic Anthony Tropiano, a former registered broker in Ohio, is now facing US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fraud charges. The regulator contends that Tropiano placed more than 500 unsuitable and unauthorized trades in 40 customer accounts belonging…
Structured Product Losses Stun Retail Investors Who Should Never Have Been Told By Brokers To Buy Them The recent market turbulence caused by the coronavirus has caused many investors’ portfolios to suffer huge losses, and nowhere is this more evident as the losses suffered by those who invested heavily in…
Claimants Lose Retirement Funds in Complex Options Trading Strategy A retired couple is suing UBS Financial Services (UBS) after they sustained at least $800,000 in losses from investing in the firm’s Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES). The investors contend that their UBS broker made misrepresentations and omissions when recommending this unsuitable…
Investors Claim UBS YES Strategy Was Mismarketed To Them: SEC Looking Into the Allegations If you are an investor whose UBS broker recommended that you employ the UBS YES (Yield Enhancement Strategy) and you’ve since suffered significant losses, you may have grounds for an investment fraud claim. Unfortunately, UBS 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…
National Securities Broker Investigated Over Unsuitable Investment Recommendations Our broker fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law firm) are looking into claims by investors who suspect that National Securities stockbroker Michael Burkoff recommended investments that were unsuitable for them. Burkoff is a registered representative with National Securities.…
Cohn, Also A Former SEC Examiner, Is Charged With Obstruction The criminal trial of Michael Cohn, the ex-GPB Capital Holdings chief compliance officer, has been postponed after he expressed concern that his pre-existing health conditions placed him at a higher risk of contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19). Cohn is charged by…