Goldman Sachs Loses in Arbitration Award

Goldman Sachs has been ordered by a securities arbitration panel to pay $2.5 million to Tracy Landow, an investor who says that Goldman "recommended an unsuitable investment in a private equity fund." 

Information regarding this ruling is not available to the public because Goldman has requested the expunging of any disclosures about the case.

Goldman ordered to pay investor $2.5 mln by arbitrators
By Suzanne Barlyn - Reuters
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The investor, Tracy Landow, filed the case against Goldman Sachs, a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, and her broker in 2011, according to a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel ruling. Landow also alleged the firm made unauthorized trades in her account, among other things.

A FINRA arbitration panel found Goldman, but not the broker, liable and ordered the firm to pay Landow $1.6 million and roughly $1 million in interest, and other fees, according to a ruling. The facts surrounding the case are unclear. The FINRA panel, as is customary, did not include reasons for its decisions.

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