The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released summary of arbitration statistics as of August of 2015, including considerable historical statistics from previous year filings going back fifteen years to the year 2000. Top categories and filings include controversies involving margin calls, churning, unauthorized trading, failure to supervise, negligence, omission of facts, breach of contract, […]
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Issues “Understanding Investment Professional Designations”
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a web link article entitled “Understanding Investment Professional Designations” suggesting that investors learn more about financial planners, investment advisors, broker dealers, and particular professionals who may be representing themselves as having one of many professional designations, titles, initials, accreditations, certifications, or registrations. This list can be unending […]
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) maintains offices at Dispute Resolution designed to resolve investment related disputes through arbitration or mediation. The initiation of an arbitration claim requires the filing of a Statement of Claim and Uniform Submission Agreement (with the appropriate filing fee, at FINRA’s offices). Mediation provides a different approach to dispute resolution than […]
Read PostInvestors Beware – The Importance of Researching Financial Professional Titles of Your Finanacial Advisor
The North American Securities Administration Association (NASAA) and the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have issued a joint bulletin encouraging investors to look beyond a financial professionals’ credentialing initials and title in order to determine what type of financial professional you are dealing with. The explosion of financial […]
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) maintains the predominant dispute resolution forum in the United States. Notably, due to mandatory arbitration clauses contained in new account forms presented to investors by brokerage firms, investors are required to have their disputes with their brokers resolved in arbitration as opposed to the courts. This means that instead […]
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