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Furthermore, they had so much pressure on them to sell that they didn’t promote low-commission, fixed-income products and instead they promoted high-risk, exotic products.
Clients were also urged to buy and sell with extreme frequency. The main goal of bank employees was to generate commissions.
Many investors were offered risky products because the banks were putting so much pressure on brokers to sell high-risk products, and whatever had the highest commission. Unfortunately, this led to a lot of problems with investors that were shammed out of their money. The banks showed an appallingly bold lack of care for their investors, and they didn’t even wait for certain events to transpire before pushing investment products on people. For instance, marketing timing and events would have been sufficient criteria to assess before promoting a product, but bankers just promoted products that would yield the highest commissions in lieu of giving the clients the best options for their age, status, and income.