New Hampshire Investor Resources
The New Hampshire Securities Act, and specifically, NH Stat. 421-B:3, relating to “Sales and Purchases” of securities states that:
1. It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly:
(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;
(b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or
(c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.
2. For purposes of this section, a fraudulent or deceptive device or contrivance shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(a) Representing in the offer or sale of securities, in writing or orally, that there is a guarantee against risk or loss.
(b) Inducing excessive trading in a customer’s account, or inducing trading beyond that customer’s known financial resources.
(c) Effecting transactions in the account of a customer without his or her knowledge or maintaining discretionary accounts without written authorization.
NH Stat. 421-B:3 (New Hampshire Statutes (2016 Edition)).
Civil Liabilities
With respect to Civil Liabilities, NH Stat. 421-B:25, provides that:
Any person who violates RSA 421-B:3 in connection with the purchase or sale of any security shall be liable to any person damaged by the violation of that section who sold such security to him or to whom he sold such security, and any person who violates RSA 421-B:5 in connection with the purchase or sale of any security shall be liable to any person damaged by the conduct proscribed by RSA 421-B:5. Any person who violates RSA 421-B:4 in connection with the purchase or sale of any security shall be liable to any investment advisory client of his who is damaged by the violation of that section. Damages in an action pursuant to this paragraph shall include the actual damages sustained plus interest from the date of payment or sale, costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees.
NH Stat. 421-B:25 Civil Liabilities. (New Hampshire Statutes (2016 Edition)).
Under the FINRA Code of Arbitration Procedure, the FINRA Securities Arbitration hearing locations will selected based upon the hearing location closest to your residence at the time of the events giving rise to the dispute.
In New Hampshire, FINRA Arbitration hearings are held in Manchester
Additional New Hampshire Investor Resources:
Bureau of Securities Regulation
Department of State
107 North Main Street, # 204
Concord, NH 03301-4989
http://webster.state.nh.us/sos/securities/
Barry Glennon
Director of Securities Regulation
(603) 271-1463
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Defective Financial Products
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Unsuitable Investments
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