Investors might have sustained losses because of securities broker John Stephen Pronovost [CRD: 1990612, Watertown, Connecticut], according to disclosures on FINRA BrokerCheck. Pronovost joined Osaic Institutions Inc. in Watertown, CT, both as an investment adviser and broker on February 26, 2021. Before this, he worked for Cambridge Investment Research Inc., and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors […]

Securities Broker Doug Hyer (First Allied Securities) Involved In Investor Dispute New information is reported on BrokerCheck as it relates to securities broker Douglas “Doug” Keith Hyer (CRD#: 254358, Great Neck, New York). Specifically, FINRA reports that four investors filed disputes about the securities broker, and these concern Hyer’s actions at various institutions where he […]

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. (CRD #39543, Fairfield, Iowa) was censured and fined $250,000 for allegedly failing to identify and apply “rollover” and exchange discounts to certain clients with eligible purchases of unit investment trusts (UIT), which resulted in those clients paying $423,774.27 in excessive sales charges. FINRA's findings stated that Cambridge Investment Research has paid […]

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