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为了解决FINRA指控,它在出售Wells Timberland Reit,Inc。时使用了误导性的营销材料,Wells Investment Securities,Inc。已同意支付30万美元的罚款,以及调查结果的入境。bob200体育但是,这并不否认或承认证券费用。bob200体育

FINRAclaims that as the wholesaler and dealer-manager of the non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust’s public offering, Wells approved, reviewed, and distributed 116 sales and marketing materials that included statements that were misleading, exaggerated, or unwarranted.The SRO contends that not only did most of the REIT’s sales literature and advertisements neglect to disclose the meaning of Wells Timberland’s non-REIT status, but also it implied that Wells Timberland qualified as an REIT during a time when it didn’t. (Although its initial offering prospectus reported that it planned to qualify as an REIT for the tax year finishing up at the end of 2006, it did not qualify until the one ending on December 31, 2009.) Also, FINRA believes that Wells Timberland’s communications about portfolio diversification, redemptions, and distributions included misleading statements and that the financial firm lacked supervisory procedures for making sure the proprietary data and sensitive customer information were properly protected with working encryption technology.

尽管非交易的REIT通常在大约8年或更长时间内流动性不足,但如果满足特定的IRS要求,则可以避免某些税收后果。FINRA说,Wells广告未能确保投资者清楚地了解到,REIT尚未为他们提供这些税收优惠。

上个月,FINRA发出警报,通知投资者有关公共不交易REIT的风险。非交换交易的房地产投资信托未在国家证券交易所交易。bob200体育早期赎回通常受到限制,与他们的销售有关的费用可能很高,这可能会侵蚀一个人的总回报。涉及的风险包括:

•不能保证可以超过运营现金流的分配。
•REIT状况和税收后果带来的分配
•流动性和估值复杂性
•早期赎回,这是有限且可能昂贵的
•可以增长的费用
•未指定的属性
•有限的多元化
•房地产风险

FINRA希望投资者考虑非交易房地产投资信托基金:

•当心销售文献或演唱,为您提供了简单的原因,以便您应该投资。
•找出卖方在佣金和费用中获得多少。
•知道在此类房地产投资信托基金上的投资将如何帮助您实现目标。
•仔细研究随附的招股说明书及其补品。

公共非交易房地产投资信托基金 - 投资前要仔细审查,Finra

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