SEC reveals fraud and abuse after Finra warns greedy investors

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has published the results of its latest investigation into the selling of structured products, two days after Finra warned 'greedy' investors to take care. Richard Jory reviews the documents and courts opinion from the US structured products community

usa flag

Sales of structured products in the US increased from $33 billion in 2009 to $54 billion in 2010, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), which was enough to prompt the regulator to issue a warning to investors chasing yields. Lumping structured products in with high-yield bonds and floating-rate loan funds, Finra published its thoughts on the inherent dangers in an investor alert entitled The grass isn't always greener - chasing return in a challenging investment

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here