Securities Lawyers Blog
Currently financial advisor Peter Barry (Barry), currently employed by brokerage firm Raymond James & Associates, Inc. has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to a BrokerCheck reports most of the recent customer complaints concern either corporate debt securities or alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements. The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $1,428,201.00 on September 17, 2024.
Claimants allege FA invested them in an unsuitable and high-risk portfolio that included alternative investments, micro-cap and small-cap securities, and REITs; improperly held bonds and other fixed-income securities for short periods; improperly concentrated them in certain investments; engaged in poor cash management; improperly recommended a securities-backed line of credit to them; and charged excessive fees and commissions.
