Author: Jeff Erez
Erez Law is currently investigating former BBVA Securities Inc. financial advisor Eric S. Darty (CRD# 6314905) regarding unauthorized transactions in customer accounts. Dart was registered with BBVA Securities in Birmingham, Alabama from 2014 to 2016 before the brokerage firm terminated … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations by UBS Financial Services financial advisors across the country regarding investments in UBS Trigger Yield Optimization Notes. UBS Trigger Yield Optimization Notes are convertible debt securities that provide investors with an increase in the … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. brokers who recommended sales of two oil and gas Master Limited Partnership investments: EV Energy Partners and Memorial Production Partners LP. The MLPs are limited partnership … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating claims against former RBC Capital Markets, LLC financial advisor Lisa J. Lowi (CRD # 1347790) regarding recommendations for speculative and unsuitable investment strategies of high risk “junk” oil and gas bonds tied to the energy … Continue reading
In 2012, the suitability rules the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) uses changed. Rule 2111 clarified and codified many precedents that were previously upheld and interpreted through case law. Rule 2111 replaces NASD Rule 2310 and offers clear standards that … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. financial advisor Robert William Berry (CRD# 849285) regarding unauthorized trading in customer accounts. Berry has been registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. in Fairlawn, Ohio since 2009. In March … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former New York-based Morgan Stanley financial advisor Jeffrey Neil Cadan (CRD# 2726285). Cadan was registered with Morgan Stanley in New York, New York since 2011 and was terminated in December 2016 for “Concerns related to … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Cetera Advisors LLC financial advisor James Christopher Hayne (CRD# 3257845) regarding a large list of allegation, including unsuitable recommendations, failure to diversify, excessive commissions, excessive trading, unauthorized trading, fraud, negligence, breach of contract, and failure … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from brokerage firms across the country who recommended overconcentrated investments in Breitburn Energy Partners LP, an independent oil and gas master limited partnership focused on the development and production of oil and gas properties … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating brokers at Cetera Financial Specialists LLC (CRD# 10358), Investors Capital Corp. (CRD# 30613), VSR Financial Services, Inc. (CRD# 14503), Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. (CRD# 13609), Sun America (previously registered investment advisor firm) … Continue reading