{"id":2662,"date":"2016-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/8-million-losses-non-traditional-etfs\/"},"modified":"2017-07-27T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:09:59","slug":"8-million-losses-non-traditional-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/8-million-losses-non-traditional-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Accuses Broker of Losing $8 Million Investing in ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (\u201cFINRA\u201d) has filed a case against Richard William Lunn Martin (\u201cMartin\u201d) (CRD# 723309)<\/a> for allegedly recommending clients invest in unsuitable non-traditional exchange traded funds (\u201cnon-traditional ETFs\u201d).<\/p>\n

Martin has been employed by G.F. Investment Services, LLC (CRD# 132939)<\/a> from April 2014 to July 2015 and between July 2009 and April 2014.\u00a0 Between martin\u2019s two stints at G.F. Investment Services, he was employed by Global Strategic Investments, LLC (CRD# 117028)<\/a>.\u00a0 At both brokerage firms, Martin was based out of Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint<\/a>, Martin claimed to believe that the world economy was \u201con the precipice of catastrophe,\u201d and his customers should invest in these non-traditional ETFs as a safeguard.\u00a0 As a result of this belief, Martin recommended to almost all of his customers that they invest almost exclusively in and hold for long periods of time non-traditional ETFs, despite the enormous risks associated with holding these investments for more than one trading session; one day.<\/p>\n

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (\u201cFINRA\u201d) has filed a case against Richard William Lunn Martin (\u201cMartin\u201d) (CRD# 723309) for allegedly recommending clients invest in unsuitable non-traditional exchange traded funds (\u201cnon-traditional ETFs\u201d). Martin has been employed by G.F. Investment Services, LLC (CRD# 132939) from April 2014 to July 2015 and between July 2009 and April 2014.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[578],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-releases"],"yoast_head":"\nFINRA Accuses Broker of Losing Over $8 Million in Non-traditional ETFs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lost money investing with Richard W. Martin and G.F. Investment Services? 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