US - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Merrill Lynch with conflicts of interest and misleading pension fund clients when advising over its money manager programmes.
According to the SEC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and two of its former investment advisors acted in a misleading way and failed to disclose a conflict of interest when recommending...
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