Aon unit to pay $1.5M for misleading pension fund
By 
Jeff Dale2024-01-26T18:22:00
A Chicago-based investment adviser and its former partner agreed to pay nearly $1.6 million in combined penalties to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that they mislead a Pennsylvania school pension fund.
Aon Investments USA agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty and more than $540,000 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest for misleading clients, the SEC announced in a press release Thursday. Aon’s former partner, Claire Shaughnessy, agreed to pay a $30,000 civil penalty. Both the firm and Shaughnessy also agreed to be censured.
The firm and Shaughnessy were responsible for calculating investment returns for the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS), according to the SEC’s order.
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