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CLIENT ALLEGES MISREPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE LIQUIDITY OF AUCTION MARKET SECURITIES AND THAT THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR MADE AN UNSUITABLE INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION. DAMAGES UNSPECIFIED.
Broker Comment
THIS COMPLAINT AROSE OUT OF THE UNPRECEDENTED ILLIQUIDITY IN THE AUCTION RATE SECURITIES MARKET. PRIOR TO THE RECENT WIDESPREAD AUCTION FAILURES, AUCTION MARKET SECURITIES WERE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY AS HIGHLY LIQUID INSTRUMENTS AND WERE APPROPRIATELY REGARDED BY THE INDUSTRY AS HIGHLY LIQUID INVESTMENTS.
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Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.