Did you lose money investing with Matthew Barks (CRD# 6372903)?
Galvin Legal, PLLC is launching an investigation on behalf of investors who may have suffered losses investing with Matthew Barks. If you suffered losses investing with Matthew Barks, then Galvin Legal, PLLC may be able to help you recover your losses in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA“) arbitration claim.
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
As of April 14, 2023, Matthew Barks’s FINRA BrokerCheck Report contains the following:
BARRED: FINRA has barred this individual from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm.
Disclosure Events
2 Customer Disputes
1 Regulatory Event
1 Employment Separation After Allegations
January 19, 2023 – An AWC was issued in which Barks was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Barks consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he refused to appear for on-the-record testimony requested by FINRA in connection with its investigation into the circumstances giving rise to the Form U5 filed by his member firm. The findings stated that the Form U5 disclosed that the firm had discharged Barks after it identified several customer signature irregularities on policy and account documents. (FINRA Case #2021070740701)
Current and Previous Registrations
04/12/2018 – 04/28/2021 PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC (CRD#:46173) NEW YORK, NY
03/15/2017 – 08/23/2017 THE O.N. EQUITY SALES COMPANY (CRD#:2936) CINCINNATI, OH
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
Due Diligence Requirement
FINRA requires broker’s to conduct due diligence on investments and to conduct a suitability analysis when recommending securities to a customer that takes into account the customer’s knowledge and experience. FINRA Rule 2111(a) states that “a member or an associated person must have a reasonable basis to believe that a recommended transaction or investment strategy involving a security or securities is suitable for the customer, based on the information obtained through the reasonable diligence of the member or associated person to ascertain the customer’s investment profile. A customer’s investment profile includes, but is not limited to, the customer’s age, other investments, financial situation and needs, tax status, investment objectives, investment experience, investment time horizon, liquidity needs, risk tolerance, and any other information the customer may disclose to the member or associated person in connection with such recommendation.”
Rule 2111 is composed of three main obligations: reasonable-basis suitability, customer-specific suitability, and quantitative suitability. Brokers and the brokerage firms they work for that fail to conduct adequate due diligence on investments they recommend or that make unsuitable recommendations can be held responsible for the customer’s losses in a FINRA arbitration claim.
If you suffered losses and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
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If you suffered losses investing with Matthew Barks and would like a free consultation with a securities attorney, then please call Galvin Legal, PLLC at 1-800-405-5117.
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