In a civil complaint, Galvin said the company should be forced to pay administrative fees for not following an order, namely to admit wrongdoing on Sept. 20 when it paid $5 million to settle charges that it allowed a hedge fund to time the market. That settlement came one month after Franklin Templeton settled for $50 million with federal regulators.
Franklin Templeton called the situation a misunderstanding, and said it looked forward to working with Galvin in rectifying it. The companys contention was that it admitted the facts of the case, but did not admit that its actions constituted a violation of Massachusetts securities law.
"An important element in correcting abuses in fund trading is that violators be required to admit their wrongdoing," Galvin said in a release.
