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New Orleans Securities Law Office

Published on: January 27, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Louisiana Investor Files Six-Figure GWG Lawsuit Against Centaurus Financial

The Claimant Alleges Unsuitability, Misrepresentations and Omissions

Our New Orleans GWG L Bond fraud lawyers are representing a Metairie, LA investor in her investment loss recovery claim against Centaurus Financial. Our client, who is a divorced single mom, contends that her Centaurus broker Seyed Ahmad Hashemian unsuitably recommended the risky, illiquid GWG bonds even though she is an inexperienced investor who made it clear from the start that she wanted to avoid undue risks.

Alternative Investment Loss Recovery Law Firm

Published on: January 23, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Alternative Investment Loss Recovery Law Firm Investigates Hatteras Fund Losses

Unsuitable Investment Recommendations May Have Been Made By Allegedly Negligent Financial Advisors

If you are someone who lost money in a Hatteras Investment Partners Fund, you may be able to pursue damages from your broker-dealer if financial advisor misconduct or negligence was involved. Here are the Hatteras Funds that Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Alternative Investment Loss Recovery Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) is investigating brokers over:

Failure To Supervise Law Firm

Published on: January 23, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investment Losses Because of a Failure To Supervise By Your Broker? Newbridge Securities Agrees To Pay $105K in FINRA Settlement

If you sustained significant portfolio losses while working with a broker-dealer, and you wonder whether you were the victim of failure to supervise by the firm, contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Failure To Supervise Law Firm (investorlawyers.com). We can help you assess the cause of your losses and explore your legal options.

Failure to supervise is the term used to refer to when your broker-dealer does not fulfill its duty of care to properly monitor not just its financial advisors but also their activities in customers’ accounts. When this breach of fiduciary duty enables broker misconduct, fraud, or negligence to happen, and serious investment losses, the investor who was harmed may be able to sue for damages.

GWG L Bond Fraud Attorneys

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

GWG Investors Sue Western International Securities for Up to $5M Lost In Alleged Affinity Scam

Beverly Hills Financial Planners’ Angelo Talebi Allegedly Worked With One of The Firm’s Brokers to Target Persian American Community Through Radio Ads

Two Maryland investors of Persian descent have filed a FINRA lawsuit seeking up to $5M for their losses from Western International Securities. The claimants, who are older seniors, contend that their financial advisor Daniel Keith Beech misrepresented GWG Holdings L Bonds as safe, low risk investments when they were in fact, high-risk, illiquid junk bonds. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawers.com) GWG L Bond Fraud Attorneys is representing this older couple.

Denver Alternative Investment Fraud Lawyers

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Denver Alternative Investment Fraud Lawyers – We Help Colorado Investors Recoup Their Losses Caused By Financial Advisor Negligence and Fraud

From our Denver securities law office, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represent clients throughout The Centennial State who have sustained serious alternative investment losses that involved broker fraud or negligence. For over 30 years, we have fought for retail investors, retirees, elderly investors, accredited investors, high-net-worth investors, and institutional investors in arbitration, mediation, and litigation. We have the skills, resources, and experience to maximize your chances for a full financial recovery in even the most complex investment loss recovery claims.

Why Explore The Cause of Your Alternative Investment Losses?

Capital Loss Recovery Attorneys

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Capital Loss Recovery Attorneys Continue to Investigate Aegis Capital Over Investment Losses

Investor May Have Allegedly Lost At Least $5B From Stock Offerings Underwritten By Broker-Dealer

If you suffered losses in stocks of small companies underwritten and/or sold by broker-dealer Aegis Capital Corp., please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) today. We are continuing to look into allegations that the firm cost investors billions of dollars when underwriting and/or selling stocks from small companies that were either on the brink of bankruptcy or were about to be delisted. Our Aegis Capital loss recovery attorneys are also investigating other brokerage firms that may have sold what could now be “worthless” stocks to customers.

L Bond Loss Recovery Lawyers

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Illinois Couple Alleges Unsuitable Recommendations in GWG L Bond Lawsuit Against Ausdal Financial

Our L Bond Loss Recovery Lawyers Are Representing These Investors in FINRA Arbitration

If you are an investor who sustained losses in GWG Holdings, there is still time to explore your legal options. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas L Bond Loss Recovery Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) continue to represent many investors, including retirees, who sustained serious losses because their financial advisor unsuitably marketed and sold GWG L Bonds to them. You can find a list of some of the L Bond loss recovery claims we are handling here.

San Francisco Alternative Investment Fraud Attorneys

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

San Francisco Alternative Investment Fraud Attorneys – Representing Northern and Central California Investors Against Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding regions, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represents clients who have sustained serious losses in alternative investments in which financial advisor misconduct or negligence was involved. Please contact us today to schedule your free, initial case assessment.

Alternative investment losses involving broker fraud or carelessness happen more often than you think, but it can be hard to know when you have grounds for a claim unless you know what to look for. Our San Francisco alternative investment fraud recovery lawyers have been fighting for investors like you for decades. We have the skills, knowledge, and experience to determine the cause of your portfolio losses.

Non-traded REIT Fraud Lawyers

Published on: January 22, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

KBS REIT III Investors May Want To Explore Their Options for Recovering Portfolio Losses. Our Non-traded REIT Fraud Lawyers Continue To Investigate Brokers For Unsuitable Recommendations Of This Alternative Investment

If you are an investor who sustained losses in KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III (KBS REIT III),Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) may be able to help you explore your legal options. Not only has this non-traded real estate investment trust’s net asset value (NAV) seen a significant decline of 30.5% from the previous year to $3.89/share (consider that it was $5.60/share the year prior), but also, last month,

KBS REIT III announced amendments to a loan agreement for one of its properties yet again. The news came soon after the non-traded REIT disclosed it had amended its loan agreement with lenders, including Bank of America.

Structured Product Loss Attorneys

Published on: January 6, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas structured product loss attorneys continue to investigate structured product losses involving Stifel Broker Chuck Roberts.

More Investors File Broker Fraud Lawsuits Claiming 7-Figure Losses

Our seasoned structured product loss attorneys are continuing to speak to investors who worked with star Stifel Financial broker Chuck Roberts. Already, the broker-dealer has had to pay millions of dollars to former clients, including, recently, a more than $14.2M arbitration claim that included $9M in punitive damages to a Florida couple and $2.35M to another investor who accused the broker-dealer of failure to supervise, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and more.