On October 9, 2013, the office of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, announced it sent inquiry letter to Fidelity's FMR Co. Inc.; OppenheimerFunds, a unit of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.; and UBS Financial Services Inc. Securities regulators have begun making inquiries regarding the sale of Puerto Rican municipal debt obligations to […]

Along with other brokers/financial advisors, Wilson Dennis Colberg Trio of UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, is currently being investigated over alleged sales of proprietary municipal and leveraged bond funds offered by UBS Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Fixed Income Funds I through VI, Tax-Free Puerto Rico Funds I and II, and Tax-Free […]

Along with other brokers/financial advisors, Wilson Dennis Colberg Trio of UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico, is currently being investigated over alleged sales of proprietary municipal and leveraged bond funds offered by UBS Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Fixed Income Funds I through VI, Tax-Free Puerto Rico Funds I and II, and Tax-Free […]

Soreide Law Group, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, obtained the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, June, 2013.” Michael Charles Jennings (CRD #702719, Registered Representative, Wellesley, Massachusetts) was fined $20,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for 10 business days. The sanctions were […]

This past Tuesday, May 1st., FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. fined four major brokerages $9.1 million for selling complex ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to investors whose portfolios were otherwise conservative.  Without admitting or denying the charges, the brokerges will be paying $7.3 million in fines, and $1.8 million in restitution to the clients who […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on May 1, 2012, that they  charged UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico and two executives with making misleading statements to investors, concealing a liquidity crisis, and masking its control of the secondary market for 23 proprietary closed-end mutual funds. UBS Puerto Rico will settle the SEC’s charges by […]