September 2019 - Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce

Attorneys Who Recover UBS Puerto Rico Bond Fund Investment Losses

The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. is currently investigating the UBS Puerto Rico bond funds and seeking to recover losses of many investors residing in Puerto Rico. Many investors purchased the island’s debt through closed-end mutual funds, which in many cases held more than 70 percent of assets in Puerto Rican bonds and employed leverage. The steep decline in Puerto Rican bond prices is believed to be linked to worries about Puerto Rico’s shrinking economy, double-digit unemployment rate, and individual debt. Such fears ignited a wave of selling that briefly pushed some Puerto Rican bond yields to over 10 percent, which in turn caused bond prices to spiral downward.

Sep 1, 2019

Note Linked Structured Products

The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. has had many cases involving these complex products made of a combination of securities, including notes (IOUs) linked to other assets such as a stock or basket of stocks or derivatives such as options which may be linked to other assets. According to Attorney Pearce, they have been misrepresented by many brokers as fixed income investments to lull retirees seeking to supplement their retirement income to invest in them. Many investors seeking safe investments were hooked by the false and misleading words “principal protected” in the names of the products, such as the Lehman Brothers’ “100% Principal Protected Notes” which, in reality, were no more than unsecured obligations of a company now in bankruptcy and nearly worthless. Representing clients throughout Florida and nationwide. Note-linked structured products were developed in the 1980s and sold primarily to institutional investors in the 1990s. In recent years, broker-dealers have increasingly targeted general retail investors. Although many of the note-linked products sold to retail investors are based upon “blue chip” and “household-name” stocks that comprise the S&P 500 or the NASDAQ -100 indexes, firm sales practices have created concerns about the manner in which the products are marketed to investors. Over $100 billion worth of note-linked structured products have been sold in recent years, often to senior investors looking to earn more interest while protecting their principal. In addition, they tend to pay higher commissions to brokers than conventional fixed income products do. FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION WITH “PRINCIPAL PROTECTED” NOTE INVESTMENT DISPUTE ATTORNEYS The Law Offices of Robert Wayne Pearce, P.A. understands what is at stake in Principal Protected Note investment law matters and constantly strives to secure the most favorable possible result. Attorney Pearce provides a complete review of your case and fully explains your legal options. The firm works to ensure that you have all of the information necessary to make a sound decision before any action is taken in your case. For dedicated representation by a law firm with substantial experience in all kinds of securities, commodities and investment disputes, contact the firm by telephone at 561-338-0037 or toll free at 800-732-2889 or via e-mail.