Are You An Investor Who Suffered Losses While Working With a Western International Securities Financial Advisor? Our FINRA Lawyers Are Investigating Ex-Western International Securities Broker Daniel Beech Over the past year, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, a Broker-dealer Arbitration Law Firm, (investorlawyers.com) have filed FINRA lawsuits on behalf of investors…
Why Privately Traded REITS Are Too Risky For Most Retirees Not all investments are suitable for everyone, which is why your broker-dealer has a duty to only recommend and sell financial products that are the right fit for you given your age, risk tolerance level, financial goals, and investing experience.…
Seasoned Northstar (Bermuda) Investment Loss Lawyers Representing Latin American Investors Six-Figure Brokerage Firm Arbitration Claim Filed Against Truist Investment Services Two years after Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) filed for bankruptcy protection, the number of Latin American investors who are seeking to pursue damages from their broker-dealers for unsuitably recommending annuity-like…
New Financing Package Is Still No Guarantee of Financial Recovery for 27,000 L Bond Investors The Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court has approved a new debtor-in-possession financing package for GWG Holdings. The alternative asset firm, which sold $1.6B of L Bonds to investors, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April…
Elderly couple alleges unsuitability and concentration in risky speculative junk bonds Two San Francisco retirees have filed a $500k Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) case against NI Advisors, its President Sui-hock Goy, and broker Shirley Ank Wong. Broker Ank Wong also operates locally as AK Advisors in Daly City, CA.…
Claimants file FINRA arbitration claim against National Securities Two Florida retirees have filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against National Securities Corp. They seek up to six figures in damages for the losses they sustained in GWG Holdings L bonds. The risky, illiquid junk bonds were allegedly…
Claimants also name former LPL Financial brokers Edward Miller and Antonio Reyna Two investors were awarded $2.57m in their Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against LPL Financial and Financial Resources Group. Also named as respondents but who were not ordered to pay damages are two former ex-LPL financial…
California investment advisor accused of best interest violations The Certified Financial Board has suspended Western International Securities financial advisor Patrick Michael Egan from using his CFP designation. The decision comes after the US Securities and the Exchange Commission (SEC) charged him, the broker-dealer, and four other Western International brokers with…
Claimants File FINRA Arbitration Claim Against Centaurus Financial A Florida couple who suffered losses in GWG Holdings L bonds has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Centaurus Financial. In the claim, they are seeking up to six figures in damages for their losses. The investors are…
Broker-Dealer Losses Yet Another Investor Claim Involving Its Yield Enhancement Strategy A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel has awarded investors $1.34M, including punitive damages, for losses sustained in the UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy. This is the latest award related to UBS Financial’s complex options trading strategy that has cost…