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Investors with money in some of financier Greg Lindberg’s many companies, including Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda), have suffered significant harm as billions of investor dollars are frozen and liquidation and litigation drag on. Ultimatelly, investors are not expected to recover a significant amount of money. Lindberg was criminally charged by…

Silver Law Group, a nationally-recognized class action law firm representing shareholders, is investigating Sculptor Capital Management (SCU) regarding its sale to Rithm Capital Corp and potential breach of fiduciary duty claims against the board of directors of Sculptor. If you own shares of Sculptor Capital Management (SCU), Silver Law Group…

Structured notes are a lesser-known investment vehicle for individual retail investors. These are hybrid-style investments that combine several different types of investments based on something else, such as the S&P 500, interest rates, commodities, foreign currency exchanges, or one or more securities. An investor’s return is linked to this outside…

The SEC recently issued a press release for investors warning about leveraged and inverse ETF. This press release explains more and emphasizes that ETFs are not all the same. Not understanding the ETF type and how it works can lead to investor losses. An ETF is similar to mutual funds…

In another piece of the puzzle that is GWG Holdings, the SEC is also investigating its subsidiary, the Dallas, Texas-based investment company Beneficient. Begun by founder Brad Heppner, the intent was to bring “mom-and-pop” investors the same types of opportunities normally afforded to larger investors. Much like GWG, Beneficient also…

Scott Silver, Silver Law Group’s managing partner and co-chair of the Securities and Financial Fraud Group of American Association for Justice (AAJ), gave a presentation on how to recover damages in elder financial abuse cases at the annual convention of the AAJ in Philadelphia in July, 2023. AAJ is an…

Clarice Saw (Clarice Crystal Saw CRD 2633118, aka “Chin Saw,” “Clarice Chin Saw”) was previously  employed by Cetera Investment Advisers LLC (CRD# 105644 and 1540) of Flushing, NY, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD# 7059) of New York, NY, and LPL Financial LLC (CRD# 6413) of Ardsley, NY. She has been…

Chuck Roberts (CRD# 2064602) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (CRD# 793) of New York, NY. He was previously employed by Morgan Stanley (CRD# 149777), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD# 7059) and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (CRD# 249), all of New…

“Structured notes” are an investment designed to be structured to align with the investor’s objectives, such as income, growth, risk management, etc. Rather than a single investment, structured notes are a compendium of multiple investments. The notes include a bond element along with other derivatives that adds some risk to…

The SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an investor bulletin warning crypto investors about the dangers of trusting audits that don’t follow SEC rules and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards. Many crypto companies and issuers of “stablecoin” have been working to assure investors that their funds are…