On August 23, 2021, a FINRA Dispute Resolution Services arbitration panel in Baltimore, Maryland, ordered UBS Financial Services, Inc. (“UBS”) to pay $405,000 to customers who invested in UBS’s Yield Enhancement Strategy (“YES”). The award included $300,000 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in costs, and $75,000 in attorneys’ fees. The customers alleged that UBS and broker…
Continue reading ›On August 13, 2021, a FINRA arbitration panel in New York, New York, ruled in favor of a brokerage customer that invested in GPB Automotive Portfolio LP and GPB Waste Management LP at the recommendation of his financial advisor at Hightower Securities, LLC. The arbitration panel ordered Hightower Securities, LLC to refund $163,201 to the…
Continue reading ›A FINRA arbitrator in Jackson, Mississippi, has found E*Trade Securities LLC liable for failing to execute a trade properly and ordered the online brokerage firm to pay its customer over $31,000 (the “Award”). According to the Award, the customer, Mr. David White, filed a claim against E*Trade in early February 2021, alleging that the firm…
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