According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Donald Sperring (Sperring), previously associated with Axa Advisors, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Sperring recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations…
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Broker Philip Simone in Axa Advisors, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Philip Simone (Simone), previously associated with Axa Advisors, LLC, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Simone recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities…
Broker David Spiegel in Axa Advisors, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Spiegel (Spiegel), previously associated with Axa Advisors, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Spiegel recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations…
Broker John Eads Has Several Complaints Alleging Misrepresentation of Variable Annuities
The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating advisor John Eads (Eads), formerly registered with Lion Street Financial, LLC (Lion Street Financial) and AXA Advisors, LLC (AXA Advisors) out of Titusville, Florida. According to a BrokerCheck report, Eads has been subject to at least seven customer complaints and…
FINRA Bars Former AXA Representative John P. Correnti
The investment lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating the regulatory action brought by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against John P. Correnti (Correnti), working out of Cleveland, Ohio. Correnti allegedly failed to provide FINRA staff with information and documents related to an investigation into claims that Correnti engaged…
FINRA Sanctions Ronald Benevento Over Unsuitable Mutual Fund Switching
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) brought and enforcement action against broker Ronald Benevento (Benevento) (FINRA No. 20130353695) alleging that between September 2011 through April 2013 Benevento engaged in unsuitable mutual fund switching activity in three customer accounts in violation of the FINRA Rules. In addition, FINRA alleged that during…
Atlas Energy Oil and Gas Investments: Risks Investors Should Know Part II
This article follows up on a recent article reported in Reuters concerning Atlas Energy LP’s private placement partnerships in oil and gas. Atlas Resources LLC, a subsidiary the energy group, has filed documents with the SEC for Atlas Resources Series 34-2014 LP stating that it seeks to raise as much…
Atlas Energy Oil and Gas Investments: A Risky Proposition Part I
As recently reported in Reuters, Atlas Energy LP has marketed itself to investors as a way to get into the U.S. energy boom. By contributing at least $25,000 in a private placement partnership that will drill for oil and gas in states such as Texas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania and…
Former MML Investors and AXA Advisors Broker Monte Miron Barred From Brokerage Industry
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently sanctioned MML Investors Services, LLC (MML Investors a/k/a MassMutual Life Insurance Company) broker Monte Miron (Miron) concerning allegations that Miron made unauthorized trades in client accounts and that the broker failed to disclose certain tax liens on his Form U4 in a timely…
New York State Fines AXA Equitable $20 Million Over Variable Annuity Products
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on March 17, 2014, that AXA Equitable (AXA) agreed to a consent order to pay a $20 million fine to the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) for violations relating to certain variable annuity products. The DFS investigation uncovered that AXA made changes to…