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San Luis Obispo Tribune
A hearing in the first of four arbitration cases filed against Jeffrey Forrest of WealthWise LLC in San Luis Obispo is scheduled to be held late this year. Beverly Hills attorneys representing San Luis Obispo County investors who were clients of Forrest and lost millions in a failed equity investment fund, said the first hearing […]
Memphis Daily News
The Memphis brokerage firm that oversees a group of struggling mutual funds has settled an arbitration claim filed against one of them. The RMK funds saw much of their value wiped out in 2007’s credit crisis. Terms of the settlement between Morgan Keegan & Co. and the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund, a group that grants […]
Bloomberg
WASHINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): Bear Stearns Cos. clients hit with about $62 million in losses tied to the June collapse of two Cayman Islands hedge funds began filing claims this week, accusing the bank of deception and other misconduct, plaintiffs’ lawyers said. At least 11 institutional and retail investors will file arbitration cases with the Financial […]
New York Times
The first of a new round of investor claims was filed against Bear Stearns Cos. <BSC.N> on Wednesday for its role in managing two mortgage hedge funds that collapsed earlier this year, securities lawyers said. The claims, which will be submitted to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for arbitration, represent more legal challenges for […]
Investment Dealers Digest
In the latest development surrounding Bear Stearns’ conduct relating to two collapsed hedge funds, the Massachusetts Securities Division earlier this month accused the company of fraud. At the same time, lawyers representing other investors claim to have proof, through email correspondence, that Bear knew of a severe liquidity crisis yet continued to market the two […]