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UBS held liable for losses stemming from Tesla short-selling recommendations

General view of the UBS building in Manhattan on June 5, 2023 in New York City
Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Independent arbitration panel awards $92.2m in damages to investors.

A group of investors claimed that the bank’s investment recommendations, made through one of its brokers, were in breach of its fiduciary duty to clients and a violation of FINRA’s suitability rules. Additionally a failure to supervise and fraud were also alleged.

According to the claimant investors the