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Financial Advisor Matthew Platnico (Allied Millennial Partners, LLC) Customer Complaints

Matthew Platnico (CRD# 2102086) is a Financial Advisor at Allied Millennial Partners, LLC in New York, NY. Matthew Platnico has been in the securities industry since 1991 and previously worked at 12 different brokerage firms. Matthew Platnico’s employment history includes Arete Wealth Management, LLC, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Advest, Inc., and Wachovia Securities, LLC.

According to publicly available records released by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Matthew Platnico has been the subject of three (3) customer complaints, alleging sales practice misconduct:
• July 2020—”Claimant alleges representative engaged in unsuitable and unauthorized options trading in Claimant’s account.” alleged damages are $1,460.000 and the matter remains pending.
• February 2019—”Clients claimed they had not been contacted about closing out a short position, and the trade was therefore unauthorized. From 12/24/2018 to 12/24/18.” The matter settled for $95,690.
• February 2019—”Client alleges that strategy being employed in his account was misrepresented to him and is unsuitable. Time period is 4/1/2018 – 12/31/2018.” alleged damages are $265,627.73 and the matter remains pending.

For a copy of Matthew Platnico’s CRD, click here

Before executing a trade, the law requires that your financial advisor obtain prior authorization from the account owner or his or her written designee. Failure to obtain prior authorization may provide you with a claim to recover any attending losses and a return of all commissions charged. Financial advisors who engage in unauthorized trading often do so in order to generate a commission.

Financial advisors have a legal and regulatory obligation to recommend only suitable investments that are appropriate for their clients’ needs and objectives. Their employing brokerage firm has a legal and regulatory obligation to supervise the Financial Advisors’ sales practices and dealings with clients. To the extent any of these duties are breached, the customer may be entitled to a recovery of his or her investment losses.

Reasonable basis suitability requires that a recommended investment or investment strategy be suitable or appropriate for at least some investors. Reasonable basis suitability requires an advisor to conduct adequate due diligence so that he or she can determine the risks and rewards of the investment or investment strategy.

Quantitative suitability requires a brokerage firm or financial advisor with actual or de facto control over a customer’s account to have a reasonable basis for believing that a series of recommended transactions – even if suitable when viewed in isolation – is not excessive and unsuitable for the customer when taken together in light of the customer’s investment profile. No single test defines excessive activity, but factors such as the turnover rate, the cost-equity ratio, and the use of in-and-out trading in a customer’s account may provide a basis for a finding that a member or associated person has violated the quantitative suitability obligation.

Customer-specific suitability requires that a member or associated person have a reasonable basis to believe that the recommendation is suitable for a particular customer based on that customer’s investment profile. Among the criteria that a financial advisor must evaluate to satisfy his or her customer-specific suitability obligations include the investor’s:
• Age
• Other investments
• Financial situation and needs
• Tax status
• Investment objectives
• Time horizon
• Liquidity needs
• Risk tolerance
• Any other information disclosed by the customer
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Attorney Matthew Wolper

Attorney Matthew WolperMatt Wolper is a trial lawyer who focuses exclusively on securities litigation and arbitration. Mr. Wolper has handled hundreds of securities matters nationwide before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), JAMS, and in state and federal court. Mr. Wolper has handled and tried cases involving complex financial products and strategies ranging from traditional stocks and bonds to options, margin and other securities-based lending products, closed/open-end mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds, and penny stocks. [Attorney Bio]