Retiree Suffers Significant Losses in PB Investment Holdings on Recommendation of Cetera Financial Advisor A Chinese national has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim over losses she suffered after a Cetera Investment Services advisor unsuitably recommended and sold a PB Investment Holdings annuity to her. The Bermuda-based…
Barred SagePoint Financial Broker Accused of Selling Away Grant Christopher Birkley, an ex-SagePoint Financial stockbroker, is named in two pending customer disputes. He is accused of selling investment products that were not approved by his firm. SagePoint Financial fired him last August after he admitted to making referrals to an…
Former Melville, NJ Financial Advisor Has Been Named in Six Disputes If you have suffered investment losses while working with ex-Aegis Capital stockbroker Scott Neil Hananel, contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) so that we can help you explore your legal options. Hananel, who is…
Claimants are Older South American Investors Who Suffered Six-Figure Loss Two investors have filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Truist Investment Services, Inc., which is the broker-dealer unit of SunTrust Investment Services. The claimants, who are related, are seeking up to $500K plus interest and costs…
COVID Relief Loans Involved Undisclosed Business Outside Their Brokerage Firms According to InvestmentNews, ex-J.P. Morgan Securities broker Gloria Willis, former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Evelyn Batista, and ex-Wells Fargo financial advisor Kenric Sexton have either been barred or suspended from the securities industry. These Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctions were…
Ex-Worden Capital Management Broker’s Customer is Seeking Over $200K in Damages Joseph Paul Todaro, currently an SW Financial registered representative, is named in a customer dispute in which the claimant is reporting investment losses from excessive trading, failure to follow instructions, and poor services. The investor is seeking over $200K. …
Broker Alan Douglass Unsuitably Overconcentrated Investor’s Funds in Non-Publicly Traded Products An investor based in Lutz, Florida has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Securities America. This investor suffered losses in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other non-publicly traded investments. The claimant, who is a…
Older Couple’s Broker Overconcentrated More Than $2.2M of Their Funds in Now Defunct Investment An older retired couple from South America is pursuing a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Raymond James & Associates, Inc. after they suffered a seven-figure loss in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). Now, the…
Customers Were Allegedly Unsuitably Sold Complex Exchange-Traded Products UBS Financial Services (UBS) has agreed to a censure and will pay an $8M fine in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) civil case accusing the brokerage firm of failing to properly supervise its brokers. UBS financial advisors sold complex exchange-traded products…
Texas-Based Brokerage Firm Accused of Overconcentration & Supervisory Failures NEXT Financial Group has arrived at a $750K settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve claims that the Texas-based broker-dealer overconcentrated customer accounts in Puerto Rico municipal bonds and did not have the kind of supervisory system that…