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SSEK Law Firm Represents Tokyo Investors in Filing $500K Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Arbitration Claim Against UnionBanc Investment Services
TOKYO, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Two claimants from Tokyo, Japan are pursuing up to $500K in damages from 
UnionBanc Investment Services, LLC. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas are 
representing these investors and contend that their UnionBanc broker 
overconcentrated all of their assets in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) 
( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=2031938049&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fnorthstar-financial-services-bermuda.html&a=Northstar+Financial+Services+(Bermuda) 
) and caused them significant six-figure investment losses.

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A panel of three arbitrators will hear their case in San Francisco, California. 

SSEK Law Firm (at investorlawyers.com) is fighting for Northstar Financial 
Services (Bermuda) investors against the brokerage firms that unsuitably 
recommended and sold them this off-shore account to their financial detriment. 
Already, we have investigated several brokerage firms, including but not 
limited to:

    -- Raymond James Financial 
    -- Bankoh Investment Services ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=1255008963&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fblog%2Fbankoh-investment-services-investigation%2F&a=Bankoh+Investment+Services 
)
    -- Truist Investment Services ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=172889996&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fblog%2Fstephen-berrocal-recommended-northstar-bermuda%2F&a=Truist+Investment+Services 
)  
    -- SunTrust Investment Services ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=3495340126&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fblog%2Fnorthstar-bermuda-investors-seek-damages%2F&a=SunTrust+Investment+Services 
)

The investors initially only had traditional accounts at Union Bank until 
someone there connected them with a UnionBanc broker. UnionBanc Investment 
Services is a Union Bank subsidiary.

It is unclear why the UnionBanc financial advisor would recommend Northstar 
Financial Service (Bermuda) products, which paid very little, to these 
customers that could have invested in a US-based annuity that offered the same 
tax features but were better regulated. 

Yet, the UnionBanc stockbroker claimed Northstar was a safe investment that 
supposedly met the claimants' low-risk threshold along with their desire to 
make returns. These inexperienced investors trusted the advice of their 
financial advisor. Now, they are left with serious investment losses. 

Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) is in liquidation proceedings after 
filing for bankruptcy protection. Its owner, Greg Lindberg, is serving several 
years in prison. It appears that the only way that investors will get their 
money back is if they work with seasoned securities lawyers. 

The brokerage firm's supervision of their broker and these claimants' accounts 
was deficient and grossly negligent. Had there been proper supervision, it 
would have been easy to determine that Northstar (Bermuda) was an unsuitable 
investment for these customers. Instead, misrepresentations and omissions ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=1303916218&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fmisrepresentations-and-omissions.html&a=misrepresentations+and+omissions 
) were made to them. 

Investors of this off-shore company may be owed up to $70M. If you invested in 
any Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) products, reach out for legal advice 
today.

Contact: 

Kirk Smith -- ksmith@sseklaw.com 

US Toll Free (800) 259-9010

Internationally, text us via WhatsApp (713) 227-2400 

Northstar Bermuda FAQs ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=697408466&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fnorthstar-financial-services-bermuda.html&a=Northstar+Bermuda+FAQs 
)

Northstar Bermuda FAQs ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3279323-1&h=2604806197&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investorlawyers.com%2Fnorthstar-bermuda-faqs-japanese.html&a=Northstar+Bermuda+%E3%81%AB%E9%96%A2%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B%E3%82%88%E3%81%8F%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B%E3%81%94%E8%B3%AA%E5%95%8F 
)

SOURCE Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP
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