June 16, 2009
The Tribune
Jeffrey Forrest can’t act as an investment adviser or work with broker-dealers A San Luis Obispo man charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been barred from acting as an investment adviser. Jeffrey Forrest, owner and principal of WealthWise LLC, will not be allowed to associate with any broker-dealer or be […]
May 24, 2009
Investment News
Bruce Kelly
regulators say there is a shortfall of data for investors when it comes to such cases. Keeping track of rogue brokers is a tricky business, particularly when they leave or are booted from the confines of the securities industry, but keep peddling financial products. Take, for example, Jeffrey Forrest, who no longer sells securities through […]
March 24, 2009
San Luis Obispo Tribune
SLO County investors put money in risky hedge fund promoted as safe by adviser, regulator says More than $8.8 million has been awarded to a group of San Luis Obispo County investors – clients of Jeffrey Forrest of WealthWise LLC in San Luis Obispo – who lost millions in what amounted to a risky hedge […]
March 24, 2009
San Luis Obispo Tribune
A group of San Luis Obispo County investors – clients of Jeffrey Forrest of WealthWise LLC in San Luis Obispo who had lost millions in the failed APEX Equity Options Fund – has been awarded more than $8.8 million in damages by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, an independent regulator of U.S. securities firms. The […]
September 30, 2008
San Luis Obispo Tribune
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a San Luis Obispo based investment adviser with fraud, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles last week. The SEC charges are based on the failure of WealthWise principal Jeffrey Forrest to disclose to his clients that he had a conflict of interest in […]