FINRA has suspended financial advisor Kurt Jason Gunter (CRD No. 2747789) from the securities industry for three months and fined him $10,000.
FINRA alleged that between July 2013 through December 2016, Kurt Gunter engaged in an unsuitable pattern of short-term trading of Unit Investment Trusts in customer accounts. FINRA also alleged that Mr. Gunter signed switch letters that were sent to customers that contained inaccurate or missing information about the costs that the customers’ incurred due to early rollovers of Unit Investment Trusts.
Kurt Gunter was a stockbroker at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. from June 2013 through August 2017. He was registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.’s branch offices in St. Louis, Missouri, and Austin, Texas.