The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lifetime bar against a former Southwest Securities Inc. stockbroker. Scott Gann, who allegedly committed Texas securities fraud, is no longer allowed to associate with dealers, investment advisers, and brokers. The SEC imposed the permanent…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is upholding the market timing violations against two AG Edwards and Sons Inc. supervisors and one of its stockbrokers. Billions of dollars were involved in the mutual fund market timing transactions. While market timing, which involves the buying and selling of mutual fund shares…
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is affirming the Securities Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against Southwest Securities broker Scott Gann who is accused of engaging in market timing activities that violated certain funds’ restrictions. The 5th circuit’s decision affirms a lower court’s ruling in favor of the…
Three A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. brokers are being ordered to pay $750,000 in fines for their participation in a market-timing scam that involved mutual funds that benefited certain customers. The brokers, Thomas Bridge, James Edge, and Jeffrey Robles, were also ordered to serve suspensions from the securities industries. Bridge,…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing two ex-Morgan Stanley advisers for allegedly circumventing the market timing restrictions of 50 mutual fund companies, and, as a result, allegedly defrauding some 50 mutual fund companies. Between January 2002 and August 2003, Former advisers Darryl Goldstein and Christopher O’Donnell earned about $1…
Rafferty Capital Markets LLC says it will pay over $400,000 in sanctions and abide by a 90-day ban preventing it from opening mutual fund brokerage accounts for customers. The penalties resolve FINRA charges that Rafferty Capital engaged in improper market timing trading practices. FINRA also charged Rafferty Capital with getting…
Hartford Financial Services Group will pay $115 million to settle market-timing and broker-compensation charges brought by the Attorney General offices of Connecticut, New York and Illinois. The three state regulators charged that the Hartford insurance unit failed to properly oversee hedge funds that were engaging in market-timing sales of its…
After a widespread investigation into late-trading of mutual funds the SEC levied sanctions against various mutual fund management companies and others, including fines as well as orders to disgorge profits and to reimburse the victims of the fraudulent trading. In 2004, Invesco was ordered to pay $325 million and AIM…
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently made a $37 million disbursement to more than 300,000 investors in the Columbia Funds who were injured in the widespread fraudulent mutual fund market timing scandal. The SEC said this was the first of four anticipated distributions of approximately $140 million total to be…
The Securities and Exchange Commission says that investors who were affected by the fraudulent market timing in the PBHG Funds will receive $73 million. This is the second of three disbursements to be made from the Pilgrim Baxter Fair Fund. Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, Ltd. was the investment adviser for…