The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2013.” William Earl Manley (CRD #1177744, Registered Representative, Sarasota, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Manley consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2013.” John Boyd Dexter (CRD #1354376, Registered Principal, North Miami, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Dexter consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission, also known as the 'SEC,' has filed 734 enforcement actions the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2012. That is one less than last year’s record of 735. The SEC’s report should remind investors that investment fraud is still a threat to investors. The SEC filed 147 enforcement actions in […]

Soeide Law Group is currently investigating broker, Bambi I. Holzer, CRD #1088028. Ms. Holzer is currently a registered representative with Newport Coast Securities of Beverly Hills, CA. There have allegedly been numerous (over 50) reports filed against her in her 25+ year career, and over $11 million in awards and settlements. Several of these complaints […]

Massachusetts securities regulators sued LPL Financial, LLC, in December over sales practices of brokers regarding the REITs. Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Galvin, charged LPL Financial with a failure to supervise registered reps who sold the nontraded REITs in violation of both state limitations and the company's rules. The Securities Division also charged LPL Financial […]

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 […]

Jason T. Knapp, Corinth, New York, was arrested in connection with a nationwide Ponzi scheme, which allegedly involves hundreds of thousands of dollars. Knapp was a registered representative of Dawson James Securities of Boca Raton, FL, and had raised investment capital with a company call SteepleChase Group, making claims that returns on investments would be […]

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 […]

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 […]