Erez Law is currently investigating UBS Financial Services Inc. financial advisors across the country who recommended their clients invest in UBS structured notes or GOAL Yield products.
Structured products are complex securities derived from or based on a single security or index, basket of securities or indices, a debt issuance, a commodity and/or a foreign currency. Most structured products pay an interest or coupon rate based on certain defined parameters. Structured Products typically consist of a note and a derivative, most often an option. While the note pays interest, the derivative defines the payment at maturity. Despite the fact that structured products most often involve options, they are typically marketed as debt securities. These investments are designed to generate enhanced yield when the market has low interest rates.
Structured products can offer a form of principal protection and frequently cap the upside participation in the underlying investment. Additionally, structured products do not trade on an exchange and are generally not liquid investments. Structured products are issued by brokerage firms and are registered with the SEC. Structured CDs are issued by banks and are not registered with the SEC. Given the complexity of these structured products and their similarities to options, securities regulators have required brokerage firms to specially approve clients for structured products.
Structured products generally had long maturities such as 20 years. Given that the securities are not listed on an exchange and therefore highly illiquid, investors would have to sell the structured products at significant discounts if they sold prior to maturity.
UBS Financial Services Inc. is alleged to recommend the following structured products:
- BLOC
- BLOC Plus
- Equita Yield
- GOAL Yield Notes
- Kick-in GOAL
- PERLES Plus
- UBS Equita
- Worst of Kick-in GOAL
Pursuant to FINRA Rules, member firms are responsible for supervising a broker’s activities during the time the broker is registered with the firm. Therefore, UBS Financial Services Inc. may be liable for investment or other losses suffered by its customers.
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