Category: Oil and Gas
In November 2017, a former client of Morgan Stanley won an award in a FINRA arbitration for $50,000 in compensatory damages for alleged unsuitability with respect to equity investments oil and gas master-limited partnerships (MLPs) in an account from 2012 … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating financial advisors across the country who recommended their clients invest in Peabody Energy Corp. Over the past few years, oil prices have significantly declined. A supply glut in 2014 and 2015 led to some of … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Jack Griffith Jr. (CRD# 1446978) regarding energy sector losses. Griffith has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Columbia, South Carolina since 2014. Previously, he was registered with … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Morgan Stanley financial advisor Stephen Taft (CRD# 1927300) regarding losses sustained from investments in oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs). Taft has been registered with Morgan Stanley in New York, New York since 2009. … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former RBC Capital Markets, LLC financial advisor Lisa J. Lowi (CRD # 1347790) regarding recommendations for speculative and unsuitable investment strategies of high risk “junk” oil and gas bonds tied to the energy sector. Lowi … Continue reading
In October 2017, a former client of RBC Capital Markets, LLC won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages for $688,079 for losses sustained from losses suffered due to investments in oil and gas securities. The investors were … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Fulcrum Securities, LLC financial advisor Athanasios Tomaras (CRD# 2722538) regarding unsuitable recommendations in oil and gas investments. Tomaras has been registered with R. F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. in Oldsmar, Florida since 2015. Previously, … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Christopher Sinkula (CRD# 2001512) regarding overconcentration of investments in the high risk energy sector. Sinkula has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Stuart, Florida since 2008. Sinkula … Continue reading
Erez Law continues to investigate former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Edward Barger (CRD# 1360282) regarding a reckless and unsuitable concentration in speculative energy sector investments (see previous post on Barger from February 2017 here). Barger was registered with Morgan Stanley … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from brokerage firms across the country who recommended their clients invest in Seadrill Ltd., an offshore deepwater drilling contractor. Seadrill and other oil and gas companies have experienced price fluctuations over the past few … Continue reading