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Why Your Funds are Frozen

Auctions for Auction Rate Securites Fail

Auctions for most Auction Rate Securities typically take place every 7, 28, or 35 days. This means that investors were able to liquidate their holdings in these types of securities every 7, 28 or 35 days, depending on the characteristics of the security. Most Auction Rate Securities settle on the next business day, so investors were able to withdraw their funds the day after they liquidated their position.

However, on Thursday, February 7, 2008, auctions for Auction Rate Securities began to fail as investors and market makers declined to bid on offered securities. Previously, when investors failed to purchase Auction Rate Securities the market makers, which were Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, UBS, and Morgan Stanley, stepped in and purchased the securities. When these institutions failed to purchase these securities as a last resort they became illiquid. As a result, investors were not able to liquidate their positions in Auction Rate Securities and were unable to access their funds.

While investment banks and brokerage firms are not legally obligated to make a market in auction securities, or puchase these securities from clients that want to sell, clients who invested in these secuities were often misled about the safety of these securities by brokers at the same investment banks and brokerages that previously made markets in these securities. Many clients who are unable to sell their Auction Rate Securities can legitimately argue that they were wrongly put into risky long-term securities when their objective was a cash equivalent investment.

Legal Rights

Investment banks and brokerage houses misled investors about the safety of Auction Rate Securities. If you invested money in these securities and you are unable to sell them, you may have valuable legal rights. Mark & Associates, P.C. and Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner Proctor, PA have joined forces to aggressively represent investors who have lost access to their funds. To request a free legal consultation please complete the inquiry form on this page or call 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448).