Investors potentially experienced investment losses through securities broker Sara Yasmin Qazi [CRD: 4118177, Beverly Hills, California], according to disclosures on Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) BrokerCheck. Evidently, Qazi joined Raymond James Associates Inc. in Beverly Hills, California, since March 12, 2021. She worked for Morgan Stanley from September 17, 2009, to March 15, 2021. Continue […]

Morgan Stanley Broker Bobby Kolev Makes Unauthorized Trade, Client Indicates Soreide Law Group provides you this investor alert update in regard to securities broker Borislav Valentinov Kolev otherwise known as Bobby Kolev (CRD#: 3024003, Aventura, Florida). Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) confirms that investors filed disputes about the securities broker. These disputes indicate that Kolev […]

Morgan Keegan & Co. was ordered to buy back auction-rate securities (ARS) and pay $110,500 in a case in which it was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of misleading customers about the risks of the investments we learn in an article from Bloomberg. The U.S. District Judge William Duffey Jr. in Atlanta […]

In an article from InvestmentNews.com, we learn that enforcement actions and fines by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., or Finra,  jumped sharply in 2011, with the latter rising to $68 million, from $45 million in 2010, a new study shows. Much of that surge came from penalties for improper advertising. Finra filed 1,488 disciplinary […]

WASHINGTON — In a February article in The Bond Buyer, Jonathan Hemmerdinger writes that a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel ordered Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. to pay a Birmingham investor $1.95 million for misrepresenting that the Jefferson County, Ala., sewer bonds he purchased were safe, liquid and tax-free investments. These bonds were actually […]

The following press release was from the State of Colorado regarding a settlement with E*Trade over the firm's auction rate securities issues. Colorado Securities Commissioner Announces Settlement of its Auction Rate Securities Enforcement Action against E*TRADE The Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph announced today that a settlement in principle has been reached between E*TRADE Securities, […]

WASHINGTON — In an article from FINRA's website, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (SunTrust RH) and SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. (SunTrust IS) for violations related to the sale of auction rate securities (ARS). SunTrust RH, which underwrote the ARS, was fined $4.6 million for failing to […]

NEW YORK - In an article from FoxBusiness.com, Brett Philbin writes that  E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC)  received a Wells notice from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority related to the purchase of auction-rate securities by customers of one of its subsidiaries, according to a regulatory filing.  A Wells notice indicates that regulators are recommending enforcement action and […]

In a June 29, 2011, article by Bruce Kelly for InvestmentNews.com he writes that as part of a settlement with eight states and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Raymond James Financial Inc. will buy back $300 million in auction-rate securities from clients and pay a fine of $1.7 million. The states in charge of the […]