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The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group: Client Review and Suitability Investigation
✔ Bereskin Client History: You were a former client of The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group.
✔ RBC DS Account Management: Your account with Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities, also known as RBC DS, was managed by The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group.
✔ Investment Recommendation Concerns: You have questions or concerns about investments or strategies recommended to you by The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group.
✔ Private Credit, Exempt Market, or Alternative Investment Exposure: You invested in private credit, exempt market, or alternative investment products through The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group.
✔ Gated or Inaccessible Assets: Some or all of your assets have been gated, locked up, or are otherwise inaccessible to you.
✔ Margin Trading or Short Selling Concerns: You experienced a margin call or losses due to margin trading, short selling, or other strategies that may not have been explained to you.
✔ Legal Review Need: You would like a lawyer to review your circumstances and help you understand whether legal options may be available.
Were you a former client of The Bereskin Investment Advisory Group?
You may wish to have your circumstances reviewed if you experienced losses, had assets gated, locked up, or otherwise made inaccessible, or have questions about whether investments or strategies recommended to you were suitable for your financial circumstances, risk tolerance, investment objectives, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
Investment Suitability Issues Under Review
In advice-based investment accounts, questions may arise about whether recommended investments or strategies were suitable for the investor’s financial circumstances, risk tolerance, investment objectives, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
Common suitability issues may include:
- Risk Tolerance: The investment may not have matched the level of risk the investor was prepared or able to accept.
- Investment Objectives: The investment may not have aligned with the investor’s financial goals or reasons for investing.
- Time Horizon: The investment may have required a longer holding period than the investor expected or planned for.
- Liquidity Needs: The investor may now be unable to access funds when the money is needed.
Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI), identifies suitability as a common issue in investment complaints involving advice-based accounts.
Private Credit and Alternative Investment Products Under Review
Private credit, exempt market, and alternative investment products may involve different risks than publicly traded investments. These risks may include liquidity restrictions, valuation issues, limited redemption rights, and difficulty accessing some or all of an investor’s capital.
Former clients may have questions about whether these products were suitable for their circumstances, risk tolerance, investment objectives, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
The investment issues under review may include:
- Private Credit Investments: Whether private credit investments were suitable for the investor’s circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
- Exempt Market Products: Whether exempt market investments were suitable for the investor’s circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
- Alternative Investment Products: Whether alternative investment products were suitable for the investor’s circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, and liquidity needs.
- Liquidity Restrictions: Whether liquidity restrictions affected the investor’s ability to access some or all of their capital.
- Valuation Issues: Whether valuation issues are relevant to the investor’s circumstances and questions about the investment.
- Limits on Redemption: Whether limits on redemption affected the investor’s ability to withdraw or access funds.
Former clients who have questions about these issues may wish to have their circumstances reviewed by a lawyer.
Why speak with Harold Geller and Matthew Taylor?
"Our Investor Protection Group brings combined decades of high-stakes securities litigation, regulatory oversight, and complex loss recovery to your case. By combining Harold Geller’s deeply established history of assisting over 1,500 Canadians against financial advisor misconduct with Matthew Taylor’s advanced litigation experience in senior appellate courts, our firm offers specialized, strategic representation designed to hold financial institutions accountable."
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Harold Geller
Partner, Sotos LLP
Harold’s practice focuses on securities litigation, investor protection, and financial services disputes. He has more than 30 years of experience representing investors in matters involving investment losses, unsuitable financial advice, professional negligence, advisor misconduct, and related disputes.
Harold has assisted more than 1,500 Canadians in recovering losses and has held leadership and advisory roles relating to investor advocacy, consumer protection, and financial services regulation, including prior service on investor-focused advisory bodies connected to the OSC, CIRO, FSRA, and OBSI.
416-863-5603
hgeller@sotos.ca
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Matthew W. Taylor
Senior Associate, Sotos LLP
Matthew’s practice focuses on complex investment, securities, and class action litigation. He represents plaintiffs in high-stakes disputes involving financial loss, professional liability, and technical evidence.
He has appeared before the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and serves as a supervising lawyer at the Osgoode Hall Law School Investor Protection Clinic.
416-572-7315
mtaylor@sotos.ca
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