Small, injured investors find avenue to recovery

..as reported in the Daily Business ReviewJUSTICE WATCHSmall, injured investors find avenue to recoveryby John PacentiMark Tepper, a former New York prosecutor now in Fort Lauderdale, has carved out a practice fighting for consumers who lost money to questionable...

Investors’ complaints against financial brokers soar

.. as reported in the South Florida Sun SentinelBy Mc Nelly TorresYou don’t have to be a big investor to be spooked by the latest Wall Street scandal. The alleged fraud scheme run by former Nasdaq chairman Bernard Madoff is significant for its size – $50...

Advisors in the Hot Seat: Is FINRA Taking Claims More Seriously?

..as reported in Financial Planning    Advisors in the Hot Seat: Is FINRA Taking Claims More Seriously? By Ruthie AckermanJanuary 3, It’s unclear whether stricter financial regulatory guidelines will prevent another global meltdown, but it seems that in the...

400 Years and 400 Names: Museum Tweaks City A-List

 .. as reported in By Sam Roberts During the last Gilded Age, in the 1890s, the number of living New Yorkers over whom Mrs. William Astor presided as the doyenne of discriminating society was famously quantified as “the Four Hundred.” To introduce the...

Hallandale woman says she lost nest egg to bad investment advice

..as reported in the Sun Sentinel Claim highlights what consumers can doOctober 01, 2011|By Donna Gehrke-WhiteRobin Pittman of Hallandale Beach thought she was investing for a comfortable retirement. But the broker who promised her a ticket to her Golden Years instead...