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By richard satran, regulatory intelligence thomson reuters regulatory intelligence after charging firms for using discredited marketing claims from the nowdefunct investment adviser fsquared, the securities and exchange commission said it is looking more broadly at other companies that used a portfolio strategy for exchangetraded funds etfs whose claims of marketbeating. The disciplinary disclosure was the result of an sec fraud case brought against another investment manager, fsquared investments, inc. How promise to wife looms large for exfsquared chief as. Mar 05, 2020 the disciplinary disclosure was the result of an sec fraud case brought against another investment manager, f squared investments, inc. Be wary of unmentioned fees in ads for fseries funds. That means when you put your hardearned money into your ira or 401k, investment fees could take a big chunk out of those retirement savings if youre not paying attention. Jun 14, 2011 i find it astounding to realize just how much a financial advisor can cost you over the course of decades. Fsquared later admitted in an sec enforcement case that what was purportedly its real, historical track record was only backtested performance that turned out to be substantially inflated. Fsquared investments was an investment adviser firm located in massachusetts, which the sec investigated for securities fraud. In may 2008, fsquared took another stab at cracking the market, launching a next generation sma based on its alphacycle indexes.
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