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Investment Opportunity The Securities and Exchange Commission fined four of the top US investment banks $81.25 million to settle claims that brokers were paid to tout certain mutual funds.If you would like to receive late breaking business news covered by AXcess News then you need to subscribe. Membership is free.

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Up the ladder are corporate bonds...then the stock market...and some of the most popular investments these days...Mutual Funds.

Banking Investment March 23, 2005 (AXcess News) New York - The Securities and Exchange Commission fined four of the top US investment banks $81.25 million to settle claims that brokers were paid to tout certain mutual funds.J.P Morgan Chase, American Express, Citigroup and Putnam Investments

(Put graphic of the investment buckets here) The best way to invest for average people is in Mutual Funds. A mutual fund is a collection of individual stocks purchased by a major company and managed by professionals. You give them a small amount of money, they add it to that of thousands of other investors and they watch over it for you. You'd have to have lived in a cave for the past 5 years not to have heard at least something about Mutual Funds.

Investment Solution Strategic Were fined by the SEC for failing to fully disclose information about the sale of certain mutual funds.The SEC claimed that brokers steered customers to mutual funds that paid higher commissions. None of the brokerage firms admitted or denied the charges.Regulators began probing into the mutual fund sales practices over eighteen months ago. Several brokerages had already been charged with market-timing, where traders made short-term trades in mutual funds that were to the detrament of long-term investors.

Money makes it possible to find out — literally in seconds — how well your investments are doing. You can find out how much they have grown (or shrunk) and compare the performance of your investments against stocks, mutual funds, and bonds you don't own, as well as compare your investments to indexes such as NASDAQ or the S&P 500. You can download security prices from the Internet and find out right away what the stocks and mutual funds you own are worth. As long as your computer is connected to the Internet, you can also research stocks, mutual funds, and bonds without leaving the Money program. You will find links throughout Money that you can click to go on the Internet and research investments.

Investment Banking Services Citigroup was fined $20 million while Putnam Investments was fined $40 million, the SEC said Wednesday. The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) fined the four brokerage firms an additional $21.25 million for alleged violations in the sale of mutual funds.

Bank Investment The SEC said Smith Barney, a division of Citigroup, had been selling mutual funds through its retail group that offered incentive payments for thier promotion.Lower yielding funds were also pushed by Citigroup that offered higher commissions, regulators said.Stephen Cutler, enforcement director for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington was quoted as saying, "We hope securities industry professionals have by now received the message that they must fully inform their customers of the nature and extent of any conflicts of interest that may affect their recommendations."

Alternative Investment American Express, Putnam and Citigroup said they had ceased the practices the SEC had charged them with over a year ago and where no longer promoting mutual funds in that manner.

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