October 29, 2010
The firm announces a notice of an investigation on behalf of investors who purchased Bank of America structured investments, which were represented as protecting principal. The investments the firm is investigating include: Bank of America (Basket EAGLES) Equity Appreciation Growth Linked Securities Bank of America Return Linked Notes Bank of America CYCLES (Capital Protected Equity […]
October 20, 2010
Many people on Wall Street were surprised when an arbitration panel awarded Larry Hagman, who played the rapacious oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1980s hit series “Dallas,” won $11.6 million in a securities arbitration case against Citigroup. His broker, Lisa Detanna, was also surprised. She recently sent a letter about the case to hundreds […]
August 19, 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. $375,000 for recommending unsuitable sales of inverse floating rate Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) to retail customers. HSBC failed to adequately supervise the suitability of the CMO sales and fully explain the risks of an inverse floating rate or other […]
August 16, 2010
The firm announced today that it is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors who invested in the following municipal arbitrage funds: 1861 Capital Management Citigroup’s Mat and ASTA Funds Aravali Fund Blue River Asset Management GEM Capital Havell Capital Enhanced Municipal Income Fund Rockwater Hedge Fund, LLC Stone and Youngberg Municipal Advantage Fund TW […]
August 12, 2010
The firm announces it’s continuing investigation into the ASTA/Mat municipal arbitrage funds launched by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and sold through Smith Barney, part of Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) Global Wealth Management Group. The ASTA/Mat funds were first rolled out in 2002 and imploded in February 2008 causing catastrophic losses to investors. In May 2010 two Los […]