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Lightstone Value Plus REIT V and American Finance Trust Investors May Have Arbitration Claims

Investors in American Finance Trust and  Lightstone Value Plus REIT V may have viable arbitration claims before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) if a stockbroker or investment advisor made an unsuitable recommendation to the investor to  purchase them, or made a misleading sales presentation in recommending them. Publicly registered…

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Private Placements- Know the Risks Before Investing

With increasing frequency retail investors are encountering scenarios in which they are offered an opportunity to invest in a private placement. A private placement – often referred to as a non-public offering – is an offering of a company’s securities that are not registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission…

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LPL Fined by State of NH for Alleged Unsuitable REIT Sales

For some time we have been blogging about non-traded REITS (and the real risks associated with investing in these complex investment vehicles.  Many investors are familiar with exchange traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”).  Pursuant to federal law, these companies which own and typically operate income-producing real estate, are required…

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Non-Traded REITs – Investors Should Proceed with Caution!

With increasing frequency, given the current low interest rate environment, retail investors are steered into investing in products appearing to offer more advantageous yields than are available in traditional interest-bearing investments such as money market funds and CDs.  One example is the publicly registered non-exchange traded real estate investment trust…

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FINRA Fines Investors Capital Over Unit Investment Trust Sales

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently fined Investors Capital Corporation $250,000 over the sale of unit investment trusts (UITs).  Investors Capital did not admit or deny the allegations leading to the fine, but also agreed to pay $841,500 in restitution to customers, bringing its total payment to over $1…

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FINRA Fines Investors Capital for Alleged Unsuitable UIT Sales

  Investors Capital will pay $1.1 million in fines and restitution over the sale of unit investment trusts (UITs) to resolve an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA).  FINRA alleges that certain Investors Capital brokers recommended unsuitable short-term trading of UITs and other complex financial products known…

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Securities Consultancy Estimates That Non-Traded REITs Cost Investors $50 billion

Securities Litigation Consulting Group of Fairfax, Virginia has estimated that shareholders of non-traded REITs are about $50 billion worse off for having put money into non-traded REITs rather than exchange-traded REITs. The estimate is based on the difference between the performance of more than 80 non-traded REITs and the performance…

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Former Cadaret, Grant & Co. Broker Douglas William Findlay Suspended Over REIT Sales

Douglas William Finlay, Jr., a stockbroker formerly associated with Cadaret, Grant & Co., has entered into a  Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to settle a case in which FINRA alleged that Finlay over-concentrated a customer’s assets in an unsuitable illiquid real estate…

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Investors Over-Concentrated In Funds Exposed To Losses Due To Drops In Oil Prices May Have Viable Arbitration Claims

Oil prices have rapidly tumbled to under $50 a barrel, from well over $100 a barrel, leaving prices at their lowest level since 2009. As a result of the plummet in oil prices, some investors whose portfolios were concentrated in investments whose value is linked to the price of oil…

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Investor Files FINRA Arbitration Claim Against First Allied Regarding Private Equities

Stockbroker arbitration lawyers are looking into accusations made against First Allied Securities, Inc. and broker Rami Yahalom regarding risky investments in AE Luxtera Investments II, LLC, a private technology start-up company. According to reports of a FINRA arbitration claim filed by investors, First Allied and Yahalom offered Luxtera to customers…

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