<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Mutual Fund Probe</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/fundprobe?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><description>Mutual Fund Probe</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Problems? Try a New Name]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27242-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27242-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Changing your name, especially in the business world, is a time-honored way of coping with devastatingly bad publicity.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Year of Charges, Reforms for Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50659-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50659-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just a year ago this week, New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer shook the financial services industry -- and investor confidence -- by revealing allegations against four big-name mutual fund companies.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mutual Funds Reveal Shareholder Votes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50624-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50624-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vanguard Group Inc. voted in favor of a shareholder proposal demanding that Intel Corp. expense stock options. Putnam Funds and Fidelity Investments voted to dump Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael D. Eisner. Vanguard voted to keep him.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Probes Fund Firms And 401(k)s]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32605-2004Jul6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32605-2004Jul6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of conflicts of interest in mutual fund sales has now turned to 401(k) plans, the main retirement savings vehicle for millions of Americans, commission staff members said.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC May Alter Mutual Fund Governance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61925-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61925-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A divided Securities and Exchange Commission is expected  to approve a plan today that would alter the way mutual funds are governed -- a far-reaching measure that investor advocates said could be the first step in lowering fees and preventing future trading abuses.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters  and Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pilgrim Baxter Fined]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58955-2004Jun21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58955-2004Jun21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Money management company Pilgrim Baxter & Associates agreed Monday to pay $90 million in fines and restitution, to reduce fees $10 million and to help federal and state regulators build a fraud case against the firm's two founders, who are charged with helping associates profit from short-term trading at the expense of firm customers.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-SEC Chiefs Back Mutual Fund Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44684-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44684-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seven former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission have thrown their support behind a controversial agency plan to require that leaders of mutual fund boards be independent.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spitzer Spoils for a Fight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3061-2004May30.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3061-2004May30.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eliot L.Some on Wall Street predict that Eliot L. Spitzer's high-profile crusade against corporate malfeasance will end up much like the one spearheaded by Rudolph W. Giuliani in the late 1980s.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Wants Disclosures From Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58769-2004May26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58769-2004May26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday unanimously required managers of mutual funds to report personal investments in their funds and to follow other ethics rules.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stock Allocations Probed at Wellington]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58684-2004May26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58684-2004May26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Wellington Management Co. LLP, a large Boston-based institutional money manager, favored some clients over others when it handed out hot new stocks and shares bought in bulk trades.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulators Reach Deal With Strong, Fund Firm]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43626-2004May20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43626-2004May20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, May 20 -- Multimillionaire Richard S. Strong and his mutual fund company Strong Capital Management Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $140 million in fines and restitution to settle allegations by federal, New York and Wisconsin regulators that the firm founder improperly profited from personal short-term trading at the expense of his investors.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong Strikes Deal to Settle Fund Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42361-2004May20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42361-2004May20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Multimillionaire Richard S. Strong and his mutual fund company Strong Capital Management agreed Thursday to pay $140 million in fines and restitution to settle allegations by federal, New York and Wisconsin regulators that the firm founder improperly profited from personal short-term trading at the expense of his investors.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janus Settles Charges of Market Timing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47769-2004Apr27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47769-2004Apr27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The troubled mutual fund manager has agreed to give up $226.2 million to settle state and federal charges that it helped favored clients profit at the expense of average investors.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funds Must Disclose Information On Timing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9533-2004Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9533-2004Apr13.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously voted yesterday  to force mutual fund companies to tell their customers how they detect and stop predatory short-term trading, adopting the first new rules to arise directly from the scandal that has wracked the $7.6 trillion industry since September.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Banks to Pay $675M in Mutual Fund  Probe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61427-2004Mar15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61427-2004Mar15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp. and FleetBoston Financial Corp. have agreed to pay $515 million in cash and to discount mutual fund fees over five years in the largest settlement yet in the scandal that has shaken the fund industry.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of America, Fleet Reach Fund Settlement]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60596-2004Mar15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60596-2004Mar15.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp. and FleetBoston Financial Corp. Monday agreed to pay $675 million to settle regulatory charges that they engaged in improper mutual fund trading, New York Attorney General said on Monday.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbiased Stock Data to Cost Wall Street Firms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41531-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41531-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Consultants hired to ensure that Wall Street firms provide consumers with unbiased stock research are expected to earn a total pay that could exceed $1.25 million apiece, according to sources familiar with the details of the pay packages.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fleet Specialist Unit Expected to Air Settlement Terms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37810-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37810-2004Feb12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The Fleet Specialist unit of FleetBoston Financial Corp. plans to announce early next week that it will pay $50 million to settle regulatory charges of improper trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, sources said Thursday.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Studies Legality of Fees at  Index Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20314-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20314-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal regulators are investigating whether several major fund companies and their directors bilked some mutual fund investors by charging annual fees up to 10 times what competitors charged for comparable products, officials said.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banker Charged in Mutual Fund Scandal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10313-2004Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10313-2004Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/fundprobe</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The mutual fund industry scandal broadened Tuesday when a senior Wall Street banker was charged with arranging loans to finance what he knew was an improper trading scheme that defrauded investors.]]></description><author> Kathleen Day</author></item></channel></rss>