Conflicts of Interest

After a six-city tour of investor roundtables concerning the SEC’s standards of conduct for investment professionals rulemaking it’s clear to Commission Chairman Jay Clayton that ...

The expectation from brochures provided to clients and Forms ADV filed with the SEC was that Merrill Lynch would use “disclosed investment quality standards” when ...

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill”), a registered investment adviser, failed to disclose that the portfolio manager evaluation process employed in connection with ...

This matter concerns disclosure violations arising from an undocumented and undisclosed $3 million dollar loan from Norman M.K. Louie (“Louie”), who at the time was ...

It is an oft-repeated refrain at industry conferences and in regulators’ speeches: fees and expenses of private equity fund advisers are a definite focus area ...

There’s no mistaking that failures to disclose conflicts of interest tied to compensation are a focus of both SEC examiners and Enforcement. New York-based deVere ...

Former deVere USA CEO, Benjamin Alderson, and a former manager, Bradley Hamilton, misled clients and prospective clients about the benefits of pension transfers while concealing ...

These proceedings arise out of investment adviser DVU’s failure to make full and fair disclosure to clients and prospective clients of material conflicts of interest ...

These proceedings arise out of breaches of fiduciary duty by Barcelona, a municipal advisor based in Edinburg, Texas, and Hinojosa, Barcelona’s sole member and associated ...

This matter concerns an investment adviser’s disclosure failure regarding conflicts of interest between the adviser and its private equity fund clients and fund investors in ...