Mar 11, 2015

Dawson James Securities Fined For Failing to Conduct Adequate Due Diligence

Dawson James Securities, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm consented to, but did not admit to or deny, the described sanctions and the entry of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) findings that it “failed to establish and implement an adequate system to determine whether a former registrant’s disclosed outside business was properly characterized as an outside business activity or whether it should be treated as an outside securities activity subject to the requirements of NASD Rule 3040.”

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Jan 4, 2014

Conflicts of Interest In 401(k) Retirement-Plan Rollovers Are Prevalent

The lawyers at Robert Wayne Pearce, P. A. are well aware of the conflicts of interest of financial advisors who recommend to prospective clients that they withdraw funds from their 401(k) retirement plans and roll them over into an IRA account at the brokerage firm when they terminate their employment. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has finally woken up and given notice to all registered financial advisors and their employers that the pitch to move funds to IRA rollover accounts must be “fair and balanced;” two words that are foreign to many financial advisors.

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