Joseph Michaletz (CRD#: 1327534, aka “Joseph Gerard Michaeletz”, “Joseph Gerald Michaeletz” and “Joe Michaletz”) is a currently registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Dai Securities of Mankato, MN. His previous employers include Concorde Investment Services, LLC (CRD#:151604), Triad Advisors, Inc. (CRD#:25803) and Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (CRD#:3600), all…
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FINRA Bars Jan Ernest Helen for Refusing to Cooperate in Investigation Relating to Missing Customer Funds
Jan Ernest Helen, of Denver, Colorado, submitted an AWC in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Helen was registered with Janco Partners, Inc. from 1996 through September 2014. Without admitting or denying the findings, Helen consented to the sanction and to the entry…
FINRA Suspends James Edward Rooney Jr. for Unauthorized Transactions
James Edward Rooney Jr., of Carrollton, Texas, was fined by FINRA a total of $75,000, suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for a total of two years and was suspended in any supervisory capacity for 18 months. FINRA alleges that Rooney engaged in private securities transactions…
FINRA Files Regulatory Charges against Meyers Associates, L.P., Imtiaz A. Khan and Bruce Meyers for Improperly Marketing a Private Placement
Meyers Associates, L.P. (CRD# 34171), Imtiaz A. Khan (CRD# 4084250) and Bruce Meyers (CRD# 1045447), of New York, New York, were named respondents in a FINRA complaint alleging that the firm and Meyers engaged in the improper public offering and sale of unregistered securities, in contravention of the Securities Act…
Darrell Duane Smith Barred from Securities Industry after Receiving Multiple Customer Complaints
Darrell Smith of Mason City, Iowa, worked at Multi-Financial Securities Corporation from 2001 through 2012. In 2014, FINRA finally suspended Mr. Smith from the securities industry after Smith failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information. However, Mr. Smith’s employer, Multi-Financial Securities Corporation, is currently the target of multiple FINRA…
FINRA Proposes New Rule to Make Brokerage Fees More Transparent to Customers
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has recently sponsored a new securities industry rule that makes the information included on customer account statements more transparent. Transparent commissions will likely lower the total up-front commissions a broker can collect on certain popular securities as investors realize the steep fees they are…
Merrill Lynch Hedge Fund Investors Offered Opportunity To Exit The Endowment Fund With Substantial Losses
According to recent SEC filings, the Endowment Master Fund LP, has offered investors an exit strategy from the hedge fund offering a new fund through a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) which will be used to liquidate the Fund. The Endowment Master Fund, LP was marketed heavily by Wall Street firms,…