Suing LPL for Nontraded REIT Sales

LPL Financial reached a settlement with state regulators on Wednesday and will be prepared to pay a $1.43 million fine. This comes after the sale of nontraded real estate investment trusts (REITs) the brokerage firm sold from January 1^st, 2008 until December 31^st, 2013. A North American Securities Administration Association task force found LPL agents violated minimum net worth, income and concentration standards set by product issuers, state concentration limits and the firm’s internal guidelines when selling the REITs. LPL did not provide adequate supervision of the transactions. LPL on Wednesday also reached an agreement with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to pay $1.8 million in fines for unsuitable sales of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to 200 investors in the state. LPL also reached a similar settlement with the Delaware Department of Justice on Tuesday regarding leveraged ETFs. The firm will pay a $50,000 administrative fine and set up a $150,000 investor-restitution fund.

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