Currently financial advisor Scott Brannan (Brannan), currently employed by brokerage firm Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, 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 settled customer complaint with a damage request of $100,001.00 on February 15, 2022.
Client is unhappy with purchases of non-traded REITS purchased in 2014 to 2015. The clients have filed for arbitration and allege in 2014 and 2015 the representative improperly recommended the clients invest in a high commission illiquid alternative investment which they allege was misrepresented to them by the representative and was unsuitable for their financial situation, risk tolerance and investment objectives. The clients further allege the firm failed to conduct adequate due diligence and failed to supervise the activities of the representative.
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