Articles Tagged with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Phillip Pickett (Pickett), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Pickett recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on February 05, 2024.

Customer alleges that the investment selections in a managed investment advisory account that was recommended in or around October 2021, are unsuitable. The customer is unhappy with the performance of the account, the proceeds of which, were intended to fund a life insurance plan.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jeffrey Peterson (Peterson), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Peterson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on February 05, 2024.

Customer alleges that the investment selections in a managed investment advisory account that was recommended in or around October 2021, are unsuitable. The customer is unhappy with the performance of the account, the proceeds of which, were intended to fund a life insurance plan.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christopher Weeks (Weeks), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Weeks recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $800,000.00 on February 14, 2024.

Claimant alleges breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and violations of the Kansas Securities Act for options trading from June 2018 through June 2023.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Davis (Davis), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Davis recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $33,840.00 on March 06, 2025.

Customers allege that in or around April 2023, in the course of their purchasing two variable universal life insurance policies from the Representative and another representative, misrepresentations were made regarding the costs associated with the policies.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Miller (Miller), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Miller recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on March 14, 2025.

Client alleges that in March 2024, her representative changed her account settings by changed her dividends and capital gains from cash to reinvest without her permission.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Richard Wick (Wick), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Wick recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $300,000.00 on April 07, 2025.

Customer alleges that in or around May 2024 he agreed to purchase one non-variable life insurance policy and was misled by the Representative to believe that additional funds were going toward two different investments the Representative presented to the customer. Customer alleges that two additional life insurance policies were established instead, without the customer’s knowledge and consent. Customer believes that the Representative presented fabricated graphs, charts, and information showing accounts performing at certain growth rates.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Raymond Brown (Brown), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Brown recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $50,000.00 on April 04, 2025.

Customers allege that in or around July 2023, the Representative recommended they exchange non-variable life insurance policies for variable universal life insurance policies and that they would be able to access the full cash value of the variable policies immediately.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker William Bryant (Bryant), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Bryant recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $14,229,000.00 on April 04, 2024.

On April 4, 2024 and July 9, 2024, Dr. Bryant received customer complaints related to the recommendation of a potential franchise opportunity, WaterStation Technology, a water vending machine franchise. The complaints alleged that Dr. Bryant breached his fiduciary duty and failed to disclose a material conflict related to the recommendation. All complaints were settled in mediation before any arbitration or civil complaint was initiated. Dr. Bryant denies all liability related to these claims.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ryan Ainsworth (Ainsworth), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Ainsworth recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $465,000.00 on April 01, 2024.

The customer is alleging misrepresentation and Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Contract and Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Breach of Contract and Negligent Misrepresentation.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Leslie Wood (Wood), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Wood recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on April 15, 2024.

Customers allege that in April 2022, Representative changed the investment directive and investment selections in their managed advisory accounts without their knowledge or approval, and that their accounts lost value and the opportunity for additional gains. The customers also allege that in May 2022 Representative presented them with incomplete paperwork and did not disclose to them that the paperwork he asked them to sign would authorize changes to the investment selections in their account. The customers allege that they would not have signed the paperwork otherwise. The customers further allege that in 2021 they deposited funds and instructed Representative that those funds should remain in cash, but the funds were instead invested in an investment account. The Representative denies the allegations.

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