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Phoenix Business Journal: Phoenix REITs

A Phoenix-based company is tangled in a Massachusetts securities investigation in which regulators slapped a large brokerage with a lawsuit last week, claiming dishonest and unethical business practices in dealing with real estate investment trusts…

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Financial Advisor Magazine

Cornerstone Real Estate Investment Funds sold through Pacific Cornerstone Capital Inc. have joined other REITs in experiencing a drastic drop in value in recent months. The White Law Firm in Chicago is investigating the broker-dealers who sold the Cornerstone shares…

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Financial Planning: Investing in TICs? Proceed with Caution

Advisors with clients who want to move money into real estate investments known as tenant-in-common offerings under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code need to be wary…

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Investment News: SIFMA, FINRA Clash Over Deadbeat Brokers

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association wants Finra to crack down on deadbeat brokers who have failed to pay back promissory notes…

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Investment News: Thinkorswim Users Sue TD Ameritrade

TD Ameritrade Inc. has been hit with an $8 million arbitration claim by a group of options traders who say they lost money last summer during final integration of the thinkorswim trading platform…

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San Diego Reader: Graybeards Beware

Beware nontraded real estate investment trusts. That advice was issued early this month by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the nongovernmental regulator of securities firms…

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