Investment fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of investing in managed-futures funds offered by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB). MSSB subsidiaries Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC and Ceres Managed Futures also are being investigated, among others. According to a…
Two former JP Morgan Chase Securities Inc.-registered brokers, Fernando L. Arevalo and Jimmy E. Caballero are the subjecct of regulatory charges alleging theft. Reportedly, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) permanently barred both Caballero and Arevalo from the securities industry. FINRA’s investigation of the two brokers found that they allegedly…
Investment fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses in inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds or ETFs. Inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds are supposed to meet daily objectives. As a result, their performance can drop rapidly relative to the underlying index or benchmark. According…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of the clients of UBS Financial Services Inc. and David Lugo. Lugo allegedly made unsuitable recommendations and misrepresentations of Puerto Rico municipal bonds and UBS proprietary Puerto Rico municipal bond funds. In one claim already filed by stock fraud lawyers, the…
Investment fraud lawyers are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of doing business with CRL Management LLC and Charles R. Langston III. Langston, a hedge fund manager, conducts business with Miami-based CRL Management. In October, a lawsuit was filed against both he…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who have suffered significant losses because their broker, adviser or firm did not notify or obtain their permission before executing trades on their account. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Parallax Investments LLC and Tri-Star Advisors allegedly executed…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of the unsuitable recommendation of risky non-traded REITs and other products by their broker or financial advisor. Last month, another arbitration claim was filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority regarding such…
Securities fraud attorneys continue to investigate claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses in UBS Willow Fund investments. Despite the fact that many customers were allegedly told the fund was safe and low-risk, it suffered a decline of around 80 percent. In addition, the fund may have deviated…
Investment fraud lawyers continue to investigate claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses in Puerto Rico municipal bonds and closed-end mutual funds exposed to losses in such bonds, even as declining credit ratings threaten to drastically increase the losses suffered by many investors. Both Standard & Poor and…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of the unsuitable recommendation of investments sold by BBVA Securities of Puerto Rico representatives. Reportedly, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel recently awarded $1.2 million to claimants Felix Bernard-Diaz, Julian Rodriguez…