Bruce Kelly writes in a Sept. 13th, 2011, article in InvestmentNews.com that a broker-dealer who sold millions of dollars of failed private placements reached a $200,000 settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. last month, with the money going to the investors. In a Finra letter of acceptance, waiver and consent, Capital Financial Services Inc. of Minot, […]

In an August 4, 2011, article by Bruce Kelly for InvestmentNews.com he writes that after avoiding the pitfalls of disastrous Regulation D deals during the past decade, Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial, LLC, are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement that faces pressure from its creditors. Kelley writes that financial advisers […]