{"id":2917,"date":"2015-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/finra-orders-ubs-group-ab-to-pay-puerto-rico-investors-2-5-million\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:41:05","slug":"finra-orders-ubs-group-ab-to-pay-puerto-rico-investors-2-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-orders-ubs-group-ab-to-pay-puerto-rico-investors-2-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Orders UBS Group AB to Pay Puerto Rico Investors $2.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FINRA-Orders-UBS-Group-AB-to-Pay-Puerto-Rico-Investors-2.5-Million.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FINRA-Orders-UBS-Group-AB-to-Pay-Puerto-Rico-Investors-2.5-Million-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"FINRA Orders UBS Group AB to Pay Puerto Rico Investors $2.5 Million on silverlaw.com\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FINRA-Orders-UBS-Group-AB-to-Pay-Puerto-Rico-Investors-2.5-Million-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/FINRA-Orders-UBS-Group-AB-to-Pay-Puerto-Rico-Investors-2.5-Million-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Good news for other investors who have suffered losses in Puerto Rico investments<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the tens of thousands of ordinary investors who have suffered losses due to the financial crisis in Puerto Rico, there is hope. According to an online article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/puerto-rico-investors-win-relief-from-ubs-1439334909?cb=logged0.9453381037206755&amp;cb=logged0.5759276747703552\"  target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrators ordered UBS Group AG to pay nearly $2.5 million to a couple from San Juan who bought Puerto Rico bond funds through the bank. This legal win is a sign of hope for investors in Puerto Rico municipal-bond funds seeking to recover financial losses through securities arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>UBS brokers allegedly told many investors that Puerto Rico bond funds were a safe investment, when in fact the funds were actually a risky investment due to their structure and investment strategy. In addition, it is alleged that UBS profited by collecting fees on sales and trades of the funds while at the same time the bank ultimately controlled a large part of the market for the funds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-orders-ubs-group-ab-to-pay-puerto-rico-investors-2-5-million\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Orders UBS Group AB to Pay Puerto Rico Investors $2.5 Million\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for other investors who have suffered losses in Puerto Rico investments For the tens of thousands of ordinary investors who have suffered losses due to the financial crisis in Puerto Rico, there is hope. According to an online article on The Wall Street Journal, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitrators ordered UBS Group [&hellip;]<\/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-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FINRA Orders UBS Group AB to Pay Puerto Rico Investors $2.5 Million &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; September 25, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the full article on FINRA Orders UBS Group AB to Pay Puerto Rico Investors $2.5 Million on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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