Articles Posted in Research and Credit Rating Fraud

Boca Raton, Florida Investment and Advertising Fraud and Misrepresentation FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: SEC Charges Staten Island Man With Conducting Fraudulent Offerings and Stealing Investor Funds The Securities and Exchange Commission trecently charged the operator of an online stock recommendation business with conducting several fraudulent securities offerings and siphoning some of the money raised…

Corporate and Corporate High Yield Bond Breach of Fiduciary, Unsuitability, Churining and Unauthorized Purchase and Sale FINRA Arbitration, Litigation and Probate Attorney: If you are considering or if your account executive or investment advisor is soliciting you to purchase, hold or sell a corporate bond, you may wish to read this post to refresh your…

Corporate Annual Report (10-K) – Florida Business Practice and Corporate Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: An “Annual Report” is a record of a corporation’s annual financial condition that is required to be distributed to shareholders under Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and regulations. Included in the report is a description of the company’s operations as well…

Solicitation of Investment Clients by Broker/Dealers and Investment Objectives Through the Use of Radio and Television Programing – South Florida False and Misleading Advertising FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities…

Types of Investment Risk and the Average Investor – South Florida Investment and Securities Risk FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: Generally risk can be described as action or inaction that can lead to a loss of some sort. It can be reduced or eliminated based on the action taken by the person that is exposed…

Investment Objective, Risk and Suitability: Why are They Important? An investment objective is, in reality, nothing more than a client’s financial objective, which assists a stock broker in determining what type of investments would constitute a “suitable” recommendation for a client. It is one of the fundamental factors that any attorney looks at in attempting…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Hunter, Civil Action No. 12-cv-3123 (S.D.N.Y.) BRITISH TWIN BROTHERS AGREE TO PAY $175,000 TO SETTLE MICROCAP PUMP-AND-DUMP CHARGES The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that brothers Alexander John Hunter and Thomas Edward Hunter, both of Great Britain, have agreed to settle the Commission’s pending civil action against them. The…

MSRB MAKES CONTINUING DISCLOSURE MONTHLY STATISTICS AVAILABLE ON EMMA The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recently announced that it has begun providing on its Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website statistics on the number and type of disclosure filings that issuers of municipal securities make available to investors throughout the life of a bond. These…

Egan-Jones and Founder Sean Egan Agree to 18-Month Bars from Rating Asset-Backed and Government Securities Issuers as NRSRO The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Egan-Jones Ratings Company (EJR) and its president Sean Egan have agreed to settle charges that they made willful and material misstatements and omissions when registering with the SEC to…