For the second time in six days, mutual fund companies received letters from the
Two inquiries, one on Sept. 11 and the latest on Sept. 5, are from Lori Richards, the SECs director of compliance inspections and examinations. She asked an undisclosed number of firms about illegal practices similar to the kind a former
"We sent the letters and they have to do with late trading and valuation pracices," SEC spokesman John Heine told Reuters. The $7 trillion mutual fund industry has come under intense scrutiny of late, overshadowing years of perceived non-scandals.
"Many people know they have done nothing wrong, but when people start to inquire, they start to get very nervous," a mutual fund industry lawyer, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters. He added that the second blast of letters have caused great worry among smaller fund companies.
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