Securities regulators SEC (the Securities and Exchange Commission) and FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) have issued warnings to investors and to financial services firms that sales of structured securities products have hurt investors. Taken together, the SEC and FINRA publications raise significant sales practice and risk disclosure issues. Let's examine the key findings of each publication.

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