Concerned about investment losses in ICON Leasing Fund Fourteen?

Have you suffered investment losses in ICON Leasing Fund Fourteen? If so, The White Law Group may be able to help you recover your losses by filing a FINRA Dispute Resolution claim against the brokerage firm that sold you the investment.

According to their website, ICON Investments is a leading investment manager that provides innovative alternative investment solutions to individual and institutional investors through publicly registered programs, private funds and separately managed accounts. With more than 29 years of experience as an alternative investment manager, ICON and its affiliates have managed investments for more than 71,000 investors and made more than $4.5 billion in total investments. ICON Investments is headquartered in New York City.

The Trouble with Private Placements

The trouble with private placements, such as ICON Leasing Fund Fourteen, is that they lack liquidity and are inherently risky. Compared to traditional investments, such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds, private placements are more complex and are better suited for sophisticated and institutional investors. In addition, private placements are exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), therefore they lack the same regulatory oversight as more traditional investments.

Broker dealers are required to perform adequate due diligence on any investment they recommend and to ensure that all recommendations are suitable for the investor in light of the investor’s age, risk tolerance, net worth, and investment experience.

Furthermore, broker dealer often earn extremely high sales commission selling private placements, sometimes as high as 15%. Unfortunately, the high sales commissions associated with private placements often provides some broker dealers with enough incentive to overlook suitability requirements.

Investors looking to sell a private placement investment often have difficulty finding a buyer, and can suffer significant losses on the sale.

If a brokerage firm makes unsuitable investment recommendations or fails to adequately disclose the risks associated with an investment they may be liable for investment losses through a FINRA arbitration.

To determine whether you may be able to recover investment losses incurred as a result of your purchase ICON Leasing Fund Fourteen, please contact The White Law Group at 888-637-5510 for a free consultation.

The White Law Group, LLC is a national securities fraud, securities arbitration, investor protection, and securities regulation/compliance law firm with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Franklin, Tennessee.  For more information on the firm, visit www.WhiteSecuritiesLaw.com.