William Isaacson: $110K Complaint Against IFG Advisor

A recent investor complaint against Boynton Beach financial advisor William Isaacson (CRD# 2418034) alleges that he provided unsuitable advice that resulted in six-figure damages. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that he is a broker with Peak Brokerage Services and an investment advisor with Blackridge Asset Management, doing business as Isaacson Tax & Estate Advisors.

Mr. Isaacson’s BrokerCheck report discloses two investor complaints. The most recent, filed in September 2023, alleges that as a representative of Independent Financial Group, he recommended an unsuitable non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT). The pending complaint alleges damages of $110,000.

An earlier investor complaint, filed in 2021, similarly alleged that as an Independent Financial Group representative, he recommended unsuitable direct investments. In 2021 the complaint reached a settlement of $10,000. “Claim was settled to avoid protracted costs of arbitration process,” a comment on the disclosure states. “Settlement should not be deemed an admission of guilt or liability on the part of IFG and/or the representative.”

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, William Isaacson holds 28 years of securities industry experience. Based in Boynton Beach, Florida, he has been a broker a broker with Peak Brokerage Services and an investment advisor with Blackridge Asset Management since 2020,  doing business as Isaacson Tax & Estate Advisors. His past registrations include Independent Financial Group (Boynton Beach, Florida; 2013-2020), Newbridge Securities Corporation (Boynton Beach, Florida; 2007-2013), Prime Capital Services (Boynton Beach, Florida; 2004-2007), Quick & Reilly (Boca Raton, Florida; 2002-2004), Citicorp Investment Services (Long Island City, New York; 2000-2002), Investec Ernst & Company (New York, New York; 1999) Stuart Coleman & Company (New York, New York; 1997-1999), First Security Investments (Kingston, Pennsylvania; 1997), Nichols Safina & Lerner (New York, New York; 1994-1997), Smith Barney (New York, New York; 1994), and Chatfield Dean & Company (Greenwood Village, Colorado; 1993-1994). His credentials include the passage of six securities industry qualifying exams: the General Securities Sales Supervisor – Options Module Examination, or Series 9; the General Securities Sales Supervisor – General Module Examination, or Series 10; 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 is licensed in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. (Information current as of October 23, 2023.)

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