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January 8, 2013
Lars Soreide's Clients Win Settlement Against Harvest Financial, LLC, Due to Negligent Supervison of Broker

The following article appeared in the "Tewksbury Advocate:" "Tewksbury scam victims win $155,250 settlement By Steve Adams GateHouse News Service Tewksbury — A Tewksbury couple who lost $255,000 to a Quincy financial adviser’s investment scam have won a $155,250 settlement. An arbitrator ruled last week that Harvest Financial LLC must repay a Tewksbury couple because […]

December 19, 2012
Variable Annuity Contracts That Have a Guaranteed Minimum Benefit “GMIB” Feature

As a general rule, investment performance for the last ten years has generally been mediocre. This is true not only for most individual investors, but also for many institutional investors and insurance companies. From early 2000 through 2007, the insurance industry sold a significant amount of variable annuity contracts that included a guaranteed minimum income […]

December 18, 2012
Morgan Keegan Fined and Censured by FINRA Over Sales of ETFs

Recently, Morgan Keegan entered into a settlement with FINRA for conduct surrounding non traditional etfs sold to retail customers. The following is information from FINRA's website. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (CRD #4161, Memphis, Tennessee) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured and fined $365,000. The firm consented […]

December 12, 2012
Did You Invest with Ft. Lauderdale Broker, Donald Horras?

Donald Dean Horras CRD# 1056123 Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of investors who were clients of Ft. Lauderdale broker, Donald Horras, who was with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and according to FINRA's BrokerCheck, is currently with Raymond James and Associates of Ft. Lauderdale. Allegedly, Donald Horras, made unsuitable recommendations to elderly customers […]

December 7, 2012
Broker/Dealers Who Sold Variable Annuities with Hedge Funds Scrutinized by FINRA

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is investigating independent broker-dealers that sold variable annuities with subaccounts invested in hedge funds that resulted in $18 million in client losses during the credit crisis writes Bruce Kelly in a recent article for InvestmentNews.com. FINRA has been investigating the sale of a variable annuity issued by Sun Life […]

December 6, 2012
FINRA Awards $1.8 million

Straccia v. Focus Capital, FINRA ID # 11-02737 (Manchester, NH, 11/27/2012) - A FINRA Arbitration Panel awarded $1.8 million in compensatory damages, interest, attorney fees and costs to a group of customers who complained about various trading strategies. Securities Lawyer, Lars Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, represents clients nationwide before FINRA. If you or a […]

December 4, 2012
Did You Invest in Any of These Companies?

Securities Lawyer, Lars Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, is investigating the following investments. If your stock broker/financial advisor recommended the following investments you may be able to pursue a claim through a FINRA arbitration. Many of the brokerage firms that sold these investments carry errors and omissions insurance which may offer some level of redress […]

November 29, 2012
St. Petersburg, FL, Bank Manager Barred by FINRA for Misappropriation of Funds

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, November, 2012.” Brennan R. Lollar (CRD #5287737, Registered Representative, St. Petersburg, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. The sanction was based on findings that Lollar misappropriated funds from a bank where he worked as a branch […]

November 29, 2012
Jacksonville, FL, Rep Suspended and Fined for Insurance Scam

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, November, 2012.” Evan Coley Eggers (CRD #5205969, Registered Representative, Jacksonville, Florida) fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for six months. Without admitting or denying the findings, Eggers consented to the described sanctions and to the […]

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