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CaseNo: 34-43215, Defendant: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., Plaintiff: SEC, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-43215, Switch, Fund, Dean Witter, Mutual Fund, Review, Commission, Exchange, Securities, Letters, Transactions, Customers, Exchange Act, Violations, Reason, Shares, Registered Representatives, Manager, Report, Investment, Recommendation, Prior, Engagement, Atlanta, Approve, Administrative Proceedings, Pursuant, Purchase, Sales, Execution, Supervise , ContentID: 120244269

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1 2000-08-28 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   Release No. 43215 / August 28. 2000

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10274

   In the Matter of

   DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC., Respondent.

   ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC
   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT
   TO SECTIONS 15(b) AND 19(h) OF THE
   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING
   FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL
   SANCTIONS AND MONETARY PENALTIES

   I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative
   proceedings be instituted against Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. ("Dean
   Witter") pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 19(h) of the Securities
   Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). In anticipation of the
   institution of these administrative proceedings, Dean Witter has
   submitted an Offer of Settlement, which the Commission has determined
   to accept. Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and any other
   proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or to which the
   Commission is a party, and prior to a hearing pursuant to the
   Commission's Rules of Practice, 17 C.F.R. § 201.100 et seq., Dean
   Witter, by its Offer of Settlement, admits the jurisdiction of the
   Commission over it and the subject matter of these administrative
   proceedings and consents to the entry of this Order Instituting Public
   Administrative Proceedings, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial
   Sanctions and Monetary Penalties without admitting or denying the
   Commission's findings except for those contained in Section III.A.,
   which are admitted.

   II.

   Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that proceedings pursuant to
   Sections 15(b) and 19(h) of the Exchange Act be, and hereby are,
   instituted.

SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC., Respondent.
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT
  • SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest that
  • MUTUAL FUND SWITCHING VIOLATIONS
  • Mutual fund switching involves "liquidatholdings of investment company shares and usthe
  • Mutual fund switching violates the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws when
  • From at least March 1994 through November 1996, a former registered representative of Dean
  • Although Dean Witter policies purportedly were designed to discourage short term trading of
  • Several of these switch transactions exhibit a circular switching pattern, where the RR's
  • These violative mutual fund switch transactions were processed without the Atlanta Branch
  • For those transactions for which there were switch letters, the letters were frequently
  • Dean Witter's written supervisory procedures in effect from at least 1994 through at least
  • Although all switches purportedly required managerial pre-approval, there was no system in
  • the policies were flawed in that they relied upon the registered representative to prepare
  • what review and approval of mutual fund switches that did take place usually occurred after
  • Such review was often accomplished by the branch manager or a delegate looking at the monthly
  • Section 15of the Exchange Act requires broker-dealers to supervise reasonably, with a view to
  • The Review Person shall reasonably evaluate such alternative procedure and, if appropriate,
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