When is principal protection something else? - Managed Funds ...
by CustomerService@sbmedia.com (DANIEL P. COLLINS)
According to Finra, UBS advertised, and some UBS financial advisors described, the structured notes as principal-protected investments and failed to emphasize they were unsecured obligations of Lehman Brothers. He Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) in April fined UBS Financial Services , Inc. " Bennett added that in some cases, "UBS’s financial advisors did not even understand the complex products they were selling. The group of products, 100% Principal-Protection Notes (PPNs) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Finra Chief of Enforcement Brad Bennett said in the release, "This matter underscores a firm’s need to be clear and comprehensive in disclosing risks of the structured products it sells to retail investors....
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