Published by Investment News By  InvestmentNews May 2, 2019 @ 12:28 pm --- Funds sold to 401(k) plans as investment grade actually held lots of junk   The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has fined AXA Advisors$600,000 and ordered the firm to pay approximately $172,000 in restitution for distributing materials that "negligently misrepresentated"...

Published by MyTwinTiers.com Posted: May 02, 2019 10:48 AM EDT Updated: May 02, 2019 10:48 AM EDT --- ROCHESTER (WROC) - An egg-farming family in Allegany County is receiving a $3.2 million award after they said they were swindled by an AXA financial broker. According to the lawyers on...

Published by InsuranceNewsNet From Business Wire May 1, 2019 --- A FINRA arbitration panel has awarded $3.2 million to an Alleghany County egg-farming family swindled in a variable annuity (VA) and life insurance scheme promoted by a former AXA financial advisor who was recently convicted for stealing from another elderly AXA...

Published by Spectrum News By Jim Aroune PUBLISHED 5:46 PM ET MAY. 01, 2019 UPDATED 9:11 AM ET MAY. 02, 2019 --- [video width="640" height="480" mp4="https://gpblawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/puccio_spectrum.mp4"][/video]   A financial advisor fraud has led to the single largest securities settlement in Upstate New York. Counsel for two of the victims believes it may...

Published by 13 WHAM Rochester By Jane Flasch Wednesday, May 1st 2019 --- Rochester, N.Y. — For their entire lives, Jim and Sandra Fitzpatrick managed an egg farm in rural Allegany County. In their retirement, their broker recommended they cash in a life insurance policy for a new investment. "I don't...

Published by ThinkAdvisor By Melanie Waddell May 01, 2019 --- The arb award is the largest ever imposed on AXA, the plaintiffs' lawyers said.   A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel awarded an elderly couple from New York $3.2 million for being put into unsuitable variable annuity and life insurance...

Published by wealthmanagement.com By Diana Britton May 01, 2019 --- The couple said their AXA broker sold them high-end, high-commission annuities and life insurance policies when they didn’t need them.   A FINRA arbitration panel has ordered AXA Advisors to pay $3.2 million in damages and fees to an elderly couple who oversaw...

Published by Business Wire May 01, 2019 02:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time --- ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A FINRA arbitration panel has awarded $3.2 million to an Alleghany County egg-farming family swindled in a variable annuity (VA) and life insurance scheme promoted by a former AXA financial advisor who was recently convicted...