San Francisco Alternative Investment Fraud Attorneys

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.

What Are Alternative Investments and When Can You Sue For Financial Advisor Negligence?

Alternative investments refer to assets other than traditional stocks, cash equivalents, and bonds. These non-traditional investments usually will employ a non-conventional strategy in order to fulfill their objectives. While there is the opportunity to make a higher return than more low-risk investments, alternative investments also can be very high-risk, complex, non-transparent, and illiquid.

Other risks involving alternative investments can include:

• Less of a chance for verified performance information.
• The requirement of a high minimum investment.
• Complex fee structures and other substantial costs.
• Potential exposure to volatility.
• Possible conflicts of interest.
• High commissions and fees.
• Inadequate regulation.
• Insufficient performance benchmarks.

Yet, alternative investments have become very popular in recent years, including with many retail investors. There are Wall Street firms that have even created proprietary alternative investments, promoting them as part of a diversification or hedging strategy. Unfortunately, when unsuitable investment recommendations, misrepresentations and omissions, concentration, negligence, gross negligence, or fraud are involved in the marketing and selling of alternative investments, serious investor losses can result even for sophisticated, wealthy investors.

Examples of alternative investments:

• Exchange-traded funds
• Structured products
• Real estate
• Real estate investment trusts
• Non-traded real estate investment trusts
• Private placements
• Regulation D investments
• Energy investments
• Oil and gas investments
• Business development companies
• Annuities
• Structured notes
• Private equity funds
• Hedge funds
• More.

What Should You Do If You Are A California Investor Whose Alternative Investments Losses May Be Due To Financial Advisor Misconduct? 

While some investment losses are no one’s fault—as a matter of fact, if someone promotes an investment to you while guaranteeing you returns and promising there is no risk of loss, run the other way—there are portfolio losses that could have been avoided or minimized were it not for the careless or wrongful actions of your broker or investment adviser. In such instances, even bad advice may be grounds for an alternative investment case against your financial advisor and/or their firm.

Broker-dealers are required to properly supervise not just their financial advisors but also the latter’s activities in customers’ accounts. They are also supposed to have the necessary protocols and procedures in place to ensure that proper due diligence is occurring at all times, whether when vetting an investment or ensuring suitability, and that no breach of fiduciary duties arise.

Alternative investments can be complex products. If you do have grounds for suing your financial advisor, then you want to make sure you are represented by a San Francisco securities law firm that has a record of winning cases for their clients. More than 90% of the investors we have represented have received full or partial financial recovery in arbitration, mediation, or litigation.

If we decide to work together, you can trust that you will receive quality securities representation and personalized attention. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas has received numerous accolades and acknowledgments for the caliber of the work that we do, and we are highly regarded not just by peers and opposing counsel, but by past clients.

Our San Francisco Alternative Investment Fraud Attorneys have over 100 years of collective experience in securities law and the securities industry. We are dedicated to protecting investors’ rights as we fight for their financial recovery.

Contact Our Savvy San Francisco Bay Area Alternative Investment Fraud Law Firm: 

In San Francisco County, Alameda County, Napa County, Sonoma County, Solano County, Santa Clara County, Marin County, Contra Costa County, and the surrounding California areas, call (415) 287-0877 or (800) 259-9010.

Our Northern California Alternative Investment Loss Law Office:

1 Embarcadero Ctr #500
San Francisco, CA 94111

We also represent international investors against US brokerage firms and investment advisers. International, via WhatsApp: (936) 251-0033 (Text Only)