AIG’s Four B-Ds Suspend ARCP REIT Sales
NOVEMBER 4, 2014 By Dan Jamieson, Financial Advisor The AIG Advisor Group of broker-dealers has suspended the sale of two American Realty Capital REITs. “Due to recent disclosures of accounting irregularities made by American Realty Capital Properties, AIG Advisor Group has chosen to temporarily suspend sales in two Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) effective immediately,” said Advisor Group spokeswoman Linda Malamut in an e-mail. The products involved are the American Realty Capital New York City REIT, and the Phillips Edison-ARC Grocery Center REIT II. The four Advisor Group broker-dealers are Royal Alliance Associates, FSC Securities Corp., Sagepoint Financial and Woodbury Financial Services. In total, the firms have more than 6,000 advisors. The problems at American Realty surfaced last Wednesday when the company said it had fired its chief financial officer and chief accounting officer and would restate...