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ALLEGED FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTION;
UNSPECIFIED DAMAGES. PRODUCT: MUTUAL FUNDS
Settlement Amount
$22,500.00
Broker Comment
PW SETTLED FOR $22.5K.
ALLEGATIONS ARE WITHOUT MERIT. BROKER ACTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND REGUALTIONS AND IN
GOOD FAITH. ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE DULY AUTHORIZED BY
CLIENT/CLAIMANT WHO AT ALL TIMES RETAINED SOLE CONTROL THE
ACCOUNT. CLAIMANT RECEIVED A DETAILED 9 PAGE WRITTEN PROPOSAL
PRIOR TO AUTHORIZING ANY TRANSACTIONS. THE INVESTMENT AT ISSUE
WAS A SUITABLE INVESTMENT FOR THE CLIENTS NEEDS. CLIENT WAS
FAMILIAR WITH AND UNDERSTOOD THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING
INVESTMENTS AND REPRESENTED HERSELF AS WILLING AND ABLE TO
ASSUME SUCH RISKS. THE DECISION OF SETTLEMENT IS STRICTLY A
BUSINESS DECISION.
8/14/1992
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
CLIENT ALLEGES UNSUITABLE RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING HER INVESTMENT IN PAGASUS L.P. DAMAGES ARE
UNSPECIFIED AT THIS TIME.
Settlement Amount
$49,622.00
Broker Comment
PAINEWEBBER SETTLED THIS MATTER IN THE AMOUNT OF
$49,622.00. MR. EMERICK WILL CONTRIBUTE $20,000 TO THE
SETTLEMENT
EMERICK CATEGORICALLY DENIED ALL ALLEGED
WRONGDOING CLIENT WAS FULLY APPRISED OF THE RISKS OF A LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP & SPECIFICALLY THE RISKS OF THIS PARTICULAR
INVESTMENT [SPOUSE] & [CUSTOMER] & LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR INCOME
GENERATING ASSETS. THE SETTLEMENT WAS DERIVED AT AS A RESULT OF
A BUSINESS DECISION
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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.