Tagged with "Mutual funds"

SEC Report Highlights Missing Disclosures By ETFs, Mutual Funds

Posted on October 28th, 2021 at 2:58 PM
SEC Report Highlights Missing Disclosures By ETFs, Mutual Funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) exam division has uncovered mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have issued flawed or missing disclosures regarding fees, investment strategies and performance.

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SEC Charges Mutual Fund Executives with Misleading Investors After $1B Trading Loss

Posted on June 3rd, 2021 at 2:03 PM
SEC Charges Mutual Fund Executives with Misleading Investors After $1B Trading Loss

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against LJM Funds Managements Ltd. and LJM Partners Ltd. as well as their portfolio managers, Anthony Caine and Anish Parvataneni, for allegedly misleading investors regarding LJM’s risk management practices.

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The 20 Worst-Performing High-Yield Bond Funds Have Benefited From Steady Market Growth

Posted on April 25th, 2019 at 4:19 PM
The 20 Worst-Performing High-Yield Bond Funds Have Benefited From Steady Market Growth

According to Morningstar Direct data, the 20 worst-performing mutual funds and ETFs in the high-yield bond sector have managed still to post positive annual returns over the last 10 years.

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FINRA Fines Kestra Investment Services for Overcharging Customers $1.6 Million in Mutual Fund Fees

Posted on February 22nd, 2019 at 3:14 PM
FINRA Fines Kestra Investment Services for Overcharging Customers $1.6 Million in Mutual Fund Fees

FINRA has fined Austin, Texas-based broker-dealer, Kestra Investment Services LLC, a subsidiary of independent broker-dealer, Kestra Financial, $225,000 for overcharging customers $1.6 million in mutual fund fees.

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Morgan Stanley Fined For Online Disclosure Failures

Posted on January 13th, 2017 at 12:10 PM
Morgan Stanley Fined For Online Disclosure Failures

FINRA has censured Morgan Stanley and fined it $1.5 million for allegedly failing to provide millions of customers access to online information on purchases of mutual funds and other products.

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Time to Fix the Mutual Fund Marketplace

Posted on August 20th, 2015 at 1:49 PM
Time to Fix the Mutual Fund Marketplace

Recently, I read an interesting editorial. The author argued that, while there is an excessive amount of share classes offered by open-end mutual fund companies, there is no need.

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SEC Examines Mutual Fund Leveraged Investments

Posted on February 5th, 2015 at 10:25 AM
SEC Examines Mutual Fund Leveraged Investments

The SEC has launched a review of mutual fund companies to monitor their leveraged investments.

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