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SEC charges investment adviser with cherry-picking and allocating profitable trades for his own account
October 5, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an investment adviser accused of “cherry-picking” profitable trades for his own account rather than a client’s accounts, and misleading seniors and other clients about the fees he charged and the risks in investments he recommended. The SEC Enforcement Division alleges that Laurence I. Balter and […]
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UBS Reverse Convertible Note Losses
October 3, 2016
On September 28, 2016, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission announced that it had imposed severe monetary penalties on UBS Financial Services in connection with the firm’s activities involving nearly $10.7 billion of stock-linked reverse convertible notes (“RCNs”) that had been sold to approximately 44,000 customer accounts between 2011 and 2014. (“In the Matter of […]
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Mark Heiden Losses at Wedbush? Aidikoff, Uhl & Bakhtiari Announces the Filing of a FINRA Arbitration Claim Seeking More than $1.1 Million On Behalf Of Former Customers of Wedbush Securities, Inc. broker Mark Heiden
September 12, 2016
Aidikoff, Uhl & Bakhtiari announces the filing of a FINRA arbitration seeking more than $1.1 million and its continuing investigation of the sales practices of Mark Heiden for his management of client accounts and the overconcentration of energy related stocks investments: Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. Clearbridge American Energy MLP Goldman Sachs MLP Energy Arch Coal […]
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Ex-American Realty executives charged with securities fraud
September 9, 2016
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against two former American Realty Capital Properties Inc executives stemming from a 2014 accounting scandal that wiped out roughly $4 billion of the real estate investment trust’s market value. Former Chief Financial Officer Brian Block, 44, was charged with six criminal counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy and […]
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Aidikoff, Uhl & Bakhtiari partner Ryan Bakhtiari to speak at 2016 PLI Securities Arbitration program
August 3, 2016
Aidikoff, Uhl & Bakhtiari partner Ryan Bakhtiari has been invited to participate as a speaker at the 2016 Practicing Law Institute (PLI) conference program on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. The PLI Securities Arbitration program is held at the PLI New York Center and also online by webcast. The program brings together legal professionals with securities […]
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