Tag Archives: Morgan Stanley
MORGAN STANLEY OWES $4.2 MILLION TO FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE AND A MEGA BALL LOTTERY WINNER
FINRA arbitration panel finds Morgan Stanley negligently supervised Financial Advisor who put clients’ money into Miami Beach hip-hop nightclub. On December 26, 2018, FINRA released an arbitration award against Morgan Stanley awarding $3,332,000 to James Groves, a Mega Ball Lottery winner in 2013, and $879,000 to Asante Samuel, who retired in 2013 from the… Read More »
Morgan Stanley Hit With Multimillion Dollar Penalty for Overbilling Customers
On January 13th, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had reached a $13 million settlement with the financial giant Morgan Stanley. The settlement came in relation to charges that Morgan Stanley had been systematically overbilling its clients and that the company failed to comply with key securities regulations. Beyond the… Read More »
Morgan Stanley Advisor found Guilty of Churning, Having Affair with Married Client
Morgan Stanley financial advisor Ami Forte purportedly had more than a decade-long affair with client and co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, Roy Speer, and made 12,000 thousand unauthorized trades on Speer’s account and generated $40 million in fees, according to an Investment News report. Speer’s widow filed a FINRA arbitration proceeding against Forte… Read More »
Did Morgan Stanley’s New Sports & Entertainment Division Miss The Point?
Professional athletes often fall victim to unscrupulous financial advisors that take advantage of players’ trust and inexperience in financial matters. Athletes need to be surrounded by trustworthy advisors who will protect their assets, put their interests ahead of the advisor’s interests, keep them away from the wolves, and work with them to create a… Read More »
