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Attorneys are providing notice of their investigation of UBS Financial Services, Inc. (“UBS”) for possible sales practice violations, including but not limited to failing to disclose material risks associated with its ETRACS product. ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes are senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt securities that are designed to track the total return of a specific market […]
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 […]
The firm continues to investigate the sales practices of Wall Street firms in recommending bond funds to its clients. This investigation is crucial as it highlights the potential risks associated with the financial products being sold to investors, particularly in the volatile market of Puerto Rican municipal bonds. Many investors may not fully understand the […]
According to the WSJ today: In what will likely be a closely studied ruling, a retail investor was awarded $200,000 after a Financial Industry Regulation Authority arbitration panel decided the investor’s UBS AG (UBS) broker inappropriately sold her risky Lehman Brothers principal protected notes. The case is one of the first involving the Lehman notes […]
Mark Rufo said he thought he had found a “good conservative investment” for his 88-year-old mother when, in 2007, he put $26,000 of her money with UBS Financial Services in Concord. The Nashua lawyer bought Asian Currency Basket Principal Protected Notes. Asian currencies appeared stable at the time, especially compared with the debacle of a […]