The $5.7 billion REIT, Columbia Property Trust, went public last week, but despite the real estate market's post-2008 recovery, older non-traded real estate investment trusts are still struggling. Jason Kephart writes in a recent article from InvestmentNews that Columbia REIT was filled with supposed Class A properties, and began raising money at the start of […]

The $5.7 billion REIT, Columbia Property Trust, went public last week, but despite the real estate market's post-2008 recovery, older non-traded real estate investment trusts are still struggling. Jason Kephart writes in a recent article from InvestmentNews that Columbia REIT was filled with supposed Class A properties, and began raising money at the start of […]

Attorney Lars Soreide has filed a second FINRA arbitration this month against UBS of Puerto Rico for the sale of their proprietary bond fund the “Puerto Rico Fixed Income Fund IV”. This investment represented 100% of the investor’s life savings and UBS allegedly encouraged the investor to borrow money against his sole investment to purchase […]

The $125 million Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Bond Fund (ORVAX) is down more than 15% this year, because of it contains 33% of Puerto Rican bonds, which have underperformed the broad municipal bond market. The S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Index was down 21% year-to-date through Oct. 10, 1,900 basis points worse than the S&P […]

The $125 million Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Bond Fund (ORVAX) is down more than 15% this year, because of it contains 33% of Puerto Rican bonds, which have underperformed the broad municipal bond market. The S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Index was down 21% year-to-date through Oct. 10, 1,900 basis points worse than the S&P […]

On October 9, 2013, the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, announced it sent inquiry letter to Fidelity's FMR Co. Inc.; OppenheimerFunds, a unit of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.; and UBS Financial Services Inc. Securities regulators have begun making inquiries regarding the sale of Puerto Rican municipal debt obligations to […]

Along with other brokers/financial advisors, Wilson Dennis Colberg Trio of UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, is currently being investigated over alleged sales of proprietary municipal and leveraged bond funds offered by UBS Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Fixed Income Funds I through VI, Tax-Free Puerto Rico Funds I and II, and Tax-Free […]

Along with other brokers/financial advisors, Wilson Dennis Colberg Trio of UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, is currently being investigated over alleged sales of proprietary municipal and leveraged bond funds offered by UBS Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Fixed Income Funds I through VI, Tax-Free Puerto Rico Funds I and II, and Tax-Free […]

Soreide Law Group has filed a lawsuit with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, also known as FINRA, against UBS Financial Services Incorporated Puerto Rico, and broker Eladio Jesus Perez, Jr. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a 70 year-old investor in Puerto Rico bond funds, alleging unsuitability, over-concentration of funds, excessive and inappropriate use […]