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“Investment scams always promise high, unrealistic returns with little or no risk,” McGlynn said. “Remember that if an offer seems too good to be true, the chances of it being true are remote.
All investments carry some degree of risk, but there's a distinct line between a risky investment and a downright scam. Unfortunately, scams are prevalent. According to data from the Federal Trade...
The firm charged clients larger fees than most similar firms did, including a 20% share of profits on investments, about double what competitors charged that farmed out clients' money to a variety of fund managers. In October 2004, it also began collecting a 1% fee on assets under management. [22]
December 1, 2009: Scott W. Rothstein—a disbarred lawyer and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm—was accused of funding his philanthropy, political contributions, law firm salaries, and an extravagant lifestyle with a massive $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme ...
In the 1990s SEI launched a wealth management operating platform for independent, fee-based investment advisors. [citation needed] In 1994, SEI was an early investor of LSV Asset Management and currently still holds a significant stake in the firm. [6] In 2012 SEI was sued by investors in connection with the financial crimes committed by Allen ...
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On May 29, 2009, Fairfield Sentry, based in the British Virgin Islands, filed a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $919 million in investment management and performance fees that it paid to Fairfield. The lawsuit alleges breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment. It is "the largest victim of the fraud perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff ...
Mellon Financial Corporation was an American investment firm which was once one of the world's largest money management firms. Based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , it was in the business of institutional and high-net-worth individual asset management, including the Dreyfus family of mutual funds , business banking , and shareholder and investor ...