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January 17, 2017

Posted  February 21, 2017

Ten investment advisory firms will pay penalties of $35,000 to $100,000 each to settle charges that they violated the SEC’s investment adviser pay-to-play rule by receiving compensation from public pension funds within two years after campaign contributions were made by the firms’ associates.  Investment advisers are subject to a two-year timeout from providing compensatory advisory services either directly to a government client or through a pooled investment vehicle after political contributions were made to a candidate who could influence the investment adviser selection process for a public pension fund or appoint someone with such influence.  The SEC’s order found that these 10 firms violated the two-year timeout by accepting fees from city or state pension funds after their associates made campaign contributions to elected officials or political candidates with the potential to wield influence over those pension funds.  The 10 firms and the penalties paid by each are as follows: Adams Capital Management ($45,000), Aisling Capital ($70,456), Alta Communications ($35,000), Commonwealth Venture Management Corporation ($75,000), Cypress Advisors ($35,000), FFL Partners ($75,000), Lime Rock Management ($75,000), NGN Capital ($100,000), Pershing Square Capital Management ($75,000), and The Banc Funds Company ($75,000).  SEC

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