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Mississippi Broker Fraud Attorneys

Our Gulfport, MS Investor Loss Law Firm Has Helped Thousands To Recover Damages

Any time you invest, you are always taking on some risk. As a matter of fact, it is a red flag if someone recommends an investment with the promise of zero risk of loss along with the “guarantee” that you will make money. Also, serious investment losses can happen due to market volatility or adverse events. However, if you sustained any portfolio losses that you suspect may have been, in part, due to financial advisor misconduct or negligence, our Gulfport, Mississippi Broker Fraud Lawsuit Attorney teams can help you determine whether you have grounds for a lawsuit seeking financial recovery.

Why Colorado Bankers Life Insurance And Bankers Life Insurance Investors Should Continue To Explore Their Legal Options 

Greg Lindberg’s Proposal To Buy Policies From Investors Is Not A Guarantee of Financial Recovery 

Beleaguered insurer Greg Lindberg—the owner of Colorado Bankers Life Insurance, Bankers Life Insurance Company (BLIC), Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda), and a number of other insurance companies—is now asking a North Carolina court to allow him to use the $40M meant to cover his personal tax liabilities from the sale of one of his companies to buy annuities from CBLI and BLIC policyholders who are having financial problems. Currently, tens of thousands of investors, many of them retirees, and seniors, have been unable to access their funds in these annuities over the past few years.

Committed To Representing Investors Throughout Texas Since 1990

For more than 30 years, our savvy Dallas Broker Fraud Attorneys have zealously worked with retail investors, retirees, elderly investors, high-net-worth investors, and institutional investors in pursuing damages against their financial advisors whose misconduct or negligence caused them to suffer significant investment losses. This often has meant fighting for our clients in arbitration, mediation, and litigation.

If you are a Texas investor who would like to help determine whether your portfolio losses may be grounds for a broker fraud lawsuit, contact the team of Dallas Broker Fraud Attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) today to request your free, no-obligation case consultation.

When Broker-Dealer Supervisory Failures Don’t Protect Investors’ Best Interests 

Our Trusted Brokerage Firm Negligence Lawyers May Be Able To Help You  Pursue Damages

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is ordering two broker-dealers to pay penalties for compliance failures related to Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). According to the self-regulatory organization (SRO), DMK Advisor Group and Harpeth Securities did not have the necessary policies and procedures to make sure that their registered representatives abided by this standard of conduct. As a result, both broker-dealers, which also were found to have engaged in compliance failures related to Form CRS, must each pay a $35K fine. Form CRS delineates its services, conflicts, fees, disciplinary history, and other information to customers. The two financial firms did not deny or admit to FINRA’s findings.

When Retirees Are Targeted By Brokers in Ponzi Scams

Oppenheimer Must Pay Almost $14M Related to A$110M Scheme Run By Former Financial Advisor John Woods

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered Oppenheimer & Co. to pay five Florida retirees and two trusts nearly $14M in losses they sustained in the $110M Horizon Private Equity III Ponzi scam run by its former Atlanta broker John J. Woods. The investors in this case, mostly ex-Delta Air Lines pilots and Air Force veterans, relied on the ongoing dividends from the Fund to support themselves and were devastated to discover that their investments were, in fact, worthless. The claimants contend that Woods had guaranteed high returns while claiming that their principal would stay safe.

Florida Broker Fraud Attorneys 

Our Trusted Tampa, FL Broker-Dealer Negligence Law Firm Represents Investors, Including Retirees

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represent residents in The Sunshine State who have suffered losses caused by broker fraud or negligence. If you are a retiree, a retail investor, a high-net-worth investor, or an institutional investor who would like to help determine whether your portfolio losses were due, even in part, to the actions—or lack thereof—of your financial advisor, contact us today to schedule your free, no-obligation case consultation.

Did Your Broker Sell You Signature Bank Autocallable Notes?

Our Broker-Dealer Negligence Lawyers Can Help You Explore Your Legal Options

In March 2023, Signature Bank shuttered its doors. The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Structured Product Attorneys  (investorlawyers.com) are speaking to investors whose financial advisors may have allegedly unsuitably recommended that they get involved in the Autocallable Contingent Coupon Equity Linked Securities Linked to Signature Bank Due August 5, 2024. Sponsored by Citigroup Global Markets, this is a structured note that came with an “auto-call” feature. Autocallable notes are complex financial instruments that can lead to potentially high returns but also come with significant risks.

Did You Work With Ex-Stifel Nicolaus Broker Joseph Crespi and Suffer Investment Losses?

As Broker-Dealer Is Ordered to Pay $3.2M, Investors Struggle To Recoup Their Money

Our broker dealer negligence lawyers are speaking to former customers of ex-financial advisor Joseph Crespi to determine whether they have grounds for a FINRA lawsuit against Stifel Nicolaus, which is where he was a registered representative from 2018 to 2022. On May 1, 2023 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin ordered the brokerage firm to pay a $2.5M penalty and over $700K in restitution after finding that it disregarded red flags indicating that Crespi was allegedly engaging in unauthorized trading and charged excessive fees to individual investors, churches, and nonprofit organizations.

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Help Investors Recover Their Portfolio Losses 

What Distinguishes Our Trusted Broker Fraud Law Firm 

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) have recovered many millions of dollars on behalf of thousands of investors that have fallen victim to a stockbroker and financial advisor’s negligence. We are one of the largest securities fraud law firms in the United States with over a combined century’s worth of experience in securities law and the securities industry. Dedicated to providing our clients with quality counsel and effective legal representation, we work with retail investors, retirees, wealthy investors, and institutions in pursuing damages from broker-dealers and investment advisers while protecting their legal rights.

If You’ve Joined A Class Action Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against GWG Holdings Can You Still Sue Your Broker?

Our Broker Negligence Law Firm Represents GWG Investors Against Broker-Dealers

At the end of March, the legal team for GWG Holdings told a Texas bankruptcy judge that it needed another two weeks to provide more disclosures related to creditor recovery. The life insurance-backed bond seller, which is accused of running a more than $1.6B Ponzi scam, filed for Chapter 11 protection last year.

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