- time ▁trad ing . ▁ ▁The ▁deal ▁saw ▁the ▁bro ker ’ s ▁own ▁management ▁take ▁a ▁ 2 5 ▁per ▁cent ▁st ake ▁in ▁the ▁business . ▁Today , ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁bro ker age ▁fir ms , ▁only ▁Good body ▁has ▁surv ived . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁ ▁A ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁property ▁fund ▁which ▁was ▁launched ▁by ▁Good body ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁had ▁its ▁value ▁of ▁invest ments ▁written ▁down ▁to ▁nil ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁A ▁solic itor ▁said ▁the ▁fund ▁inv ested ▁in ▁resident ial ▁property , ▁even ▁though ▁his ▁client ▁had ▁said ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁any ▁expos ure ▁to ▁resident ial ▁property . ▁The ▁stock bro k ers ▁made ▁£ 1 . 1   mill ion ▁in ▁commission ▁from ▁the ▁£ 2 7   mill ion ▁put ▁up ▁by ▁invest ors ▁at ▁the ▁out set . ▁ ▁The ▁bro ker ▁was ▁rid ic u led ▁public ly ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁after ▁it ▁told ▁its ▁clients ▁to ▁buy ▁an ▁American ▁ph arma ▁stock ▁at ▁$ 3 . 0 9 ▁and ▁gave ▁it ▁a ▁price ▁target ▁of ▁$ 5 . 7 0 . ▁Less ▁than ▁a ▁week ▁later , ▁it ▁was ▁recomm ending ▁that ▁the ▁same ▁clients ▁sell ▁the ▁same ▁stock ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁trad ing ▁at ▁$ 0 . 8 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁the ▁EU ▁began ▁investig ating ▁claims ▁that ▁A IB ▁mis