Retirement planning and mutual fund giant
Although it wouldnt specify the number, Principal said in its latest
One former employee has already settled with the company for his market timing in a 401(k) plan, and the company said it was "aggressively reviewing" other fund managers to see if they did the same.
Since 2000, Principal said, no portfolio manager has timed the market. But between 1998 and 2000, it admitted that $180,000 was made by employees due to rapid in-and-out trades. Most of those employees have since left.
"We do not permit or condone any behavior that is in any way inconsistent with that responsibility," Principal Chairman J. Barry Griswell said.