Oregon Alternative Investment Lawyers
Our Portland, OR Investor Loss Recovery Law Firm Works Is Here To Fight For You
For over 30 years, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Oregon Alternative Investment Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) has helped clients to recoup the losses they sustained in alternative investments that may have been unsuitably recommended to them by their financial advisor. From our Portland law offices, we work with retail investors, retirees, high-net-worth investors, and institutional investors throughout Oregon.
Alternative investments is the term given to those that are not your typical stocks and bonds and they may include:
- Real estate investments
- Promissory notes
- Oil and Gas investments
- Annuities
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Non-traded real estate investment trusts (Non-Traded REITs)
- Private placements
- Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
- Leveraged exchange-traded funds (LETFs)
- Hedge funds
- Structured products
- Autocallable structured notes
- Delaware Statutory Trusts(DSTs)
- Private equity investments
- Derivative contracts
- L Bonds
- Annuities
- More.
With alternative investments, there can be opportunities for diversification and access to certain markets that an individual investor may not be able to get involved in otherwise. Once only accessible to high-net-worth investors and institutional investors, in recent years alternative investments have become available to retail investors, too. However, that does not mean that a broker should market or sell alternative investments to inexperienced Oregon investors or those whose portfolios cannot weather a lot of risk and/or volatility.
A high minimum investment is generally required. Not only that, but also, alternative investments tend to be illiquid, complex, and lack transparency. Conflicts of interest the issuer or financial advisor sides might be involved. Investors may have to pay high commission and fees that could eat up some of their returns. Depending on the alternative investment, market volatility could be a factor.
This is why your financial advisor must conduct the necessary due diligence into any investment, as well as make sure that an alternative investment is a suitable recommendation for a customer. For some investors, the losses they could end up sustaining in alternative investments may end up outweighing the potential for higher returns.
Yet, time and again, investors continue to come to us because their financial advisor unsuitably marketed and sold them one of these risky investments when there was no reasonable grounds for thinking this would be a good idea.
There are brokerage firms that sell their own proprietary alternative investments directly to their customers.
I’m An Oregon Investor. How Do I Know If My Alternative Investment Losses Are Due To Financial Advisor Fraud?
At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, our Portland, OR alternative investment fraud lawyers can help you assess the cause of your losses and whether your broker and their broker-dealer should be held liable. Common reasons we end up filing investment loss recovery claims on behalf of Oregon investors have included:
- Unsuitable investment recommendations.
- Overconcentration of a portfolio with too many alternative investments.
- Due diligence failures.
- Breach of fiduciary duty.
- Misrepresentations and omission.
- Best interest violations
- Negligence.
- Gross negligence.
- Fraud.
- Misappropriation.
- A brokerage firm’s failure to supervise their financial advisors.
Suing your broker for damages is not something you should do without skilled securities lawyers by your side. We understand the complex nature of the different kinds of alternative investments out there and can identify when stockbroker misconduct or carelessness played a part.
How Can I Recover My Oregon Alternative Investment Fraud Losses?
The first step is to contact us today to request your free case assessment so we can help you determine if you do have grounds for a claim.
You should know that to pursue your alternative investment lawsuit, you will have to prove that your broker-dealer engaged in negligence or fraud. To do this, it is important that you retain a seasoned Portland, OR securities law firm that will fight for you while protecting your legal rights.
If we decide to work together, we will thoroughly investigate your losses, file and prepare your FINRA arbitration claim, and provide you with zealous and robust representation. Over the decades, more than 90% of our clients have secured full or partial financial recovery through our hard work and skilled efforts.
Contact Us:
Call (971) 285-3075 or (800) 259-9010 today.
621 SW Morrison St #1050-B
Portland, OR 97205