- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jeff Dale2023-09-22T20:56:00
A California-based investment adviser to private funds agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding multiple breaches of its fiduciary duty to clients.
American Infrastructure Funds (AIF) was fined $1.2 million and agreed to pay $445,460 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest, the SEC announced in a press release Friday. The firm agreed to cease and desist from further violations of the Advisers Act and to be censured.
AIF breached fiduciary duty through three separate manners, the SEC alleged in its order.
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Wilmington Trust Investment Management agreed to pay more than $1.3 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission it failed to disclose conflicts of interest and breached its fiduciary duty to clients.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered New York-based investment adviser Bruderman Asset Management and its principal to pay a total of $250,000 over their alleged failure to disclose misuse of profits raised from clients.
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Becton Dickinson medical device company will pay $175 million for “repeatedly” misleading investors about its Alaris infusion pump, a product the company knew was flawed and was sold without the required patient-safety approvals, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged bankrupt fashion retailer Express with failing to disclose nearly $1 million in perks to a former chief executive, but did not levy a financial penalty thanks to its cooperation, the SEC said.
