Grant Conness: $100K Complaint Against Ex-GF Investment Advisor

Fort Lauderdale financial advisor Grant Conness (CRD# 4778193) recently received an investor complaint alleging his investment advice led to six-figure damages. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that he is a broker with Madison Avenue Securities and an investment advisor with Global Wealth Management Investment Advisory. He was formerly affiliated with GF Investment Services. 

Mr. Conness’s BrokerCheck report discloses four investor complaints. The most recent, filed in August 2022, alleges that as a representative of GF Investment Services, he recommended unsuitable alternative investments and annuities. The pending complaint alleges damages of $100,000.

A second investor complaint, filed in 2021, alleged that as a representative of GF Investment Services, he recommended unsuitable alternative investments. In August 2022 the complaint reached a settlement of $192,500.

A third investor complaint, filed in 2020, alleged that he recommended unsuitable real estate investment trust products in 2015. In 2021 the complaint reached a settlement of $14,999.

A fourth investor complaint, filed in 2020, alleged that Mr. Conness made unsuitable investment recommendations, breached his fiduciary duty, breached contract, and engaged in negligence while a representative of GF Investment Services. In 2021 the complaint reached a settlement of $9,500.

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Grant Conness holds 17 years of securities industry experience. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he has been a broker with Madison Avenue Securities and an investment advisor with Global Wealth Management Investment Advisory since 2017. His past registrations include Global Financial Private Capital, GF Investment Services, Pacific West Securities, Costa Financial Securities, and SII Investments. His credentials include the passage of four securities industry qualifying exams: the General Securities Representative Examination, or Series 7; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63; and the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, or Series 65. He holds 24 state licenses. (Information current as of August 24, 2022.)

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