The state of Massachusetts has charged Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for conducting a sales contest among its financial advisers to encourage clients to borrow money against their brokerage accounts.
We just wanted to say thanks for your work in helping us get back some of the money we lost. We are not by any means rich, but we have saved some money and we have done so through a tight-fisted approach to most everything we do. So losing a significant chunk of money hurt…especially at a time when everyone else was growing their accounts. We really appreciate the work you did.