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CaseNo: IA-1836, Defendant: Ellen Griggs, Plaintiff: SEC, State: OR Oregon, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>IA-1836, Securities, Griggs, Brown, Investment, Act, Mitchell Hutchins, Fund, Purchase, Prices, Commission, Portfolio, Non-pac Ios, Investment Advisers, Exchange, Management, Supervision, Volatility, Custodian-provided Prices, Pos, Proceeding, Prospectus, Nav, Respondent, Asset, Investment Company, Disclosures, Violations, Overrode Custodian-provided Prices, Administrative Proceeding, Government Income Fund , ContentID: 120245280

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1 1999-09-27 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

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GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940
   Release No. 1836 / September 27, 1999

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-9703
   In the Matter of
   ELLEN GRIGGS
   Respondent.
   ORDER MAKING FINDINGS AND
   IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTION

   I.

   On September 14, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
   "Commission") deemed it appropriate and in the public interest to
   institute this public administrative proceeding pursuant to Section
   203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act")
   against Respondent Ellen Griggs ("Griggs").

   In response to the institution of this administrative proceeding,
   Griggs has submitted an Offer of Settlement (the "Offer"), which the
   Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of this
   proceeding, and any other proceeding 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, ., and without admitting or denying the findings set forth in
   this order, except as to the Commission's jurisdiction over her and
   the subject matter of this proceeding, which Griggs admits, Griggs
   consents to the entry of this Order Making Findings and Imposing
   Remedial Sanctions (the "Order").

   II.

   On the basis of this Order and the Offer of Settlement submitted by
   Griggs, the Commission finds that

   A. Respondent

   ELLEN GRIGGS, 44, a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formerly served
   as a chief investment officer of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management,
   Inc. ("Mitchell Hutchins"). She served as the co-portfolio manager of
   the PaineWebber Short-Term U.S. Government Income Fund from its
   inception in March 1993 until her resignation from Mitchell Hutchins
   in July 1994. In addition, during her tenure at the firm, Griggs had
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  • On September 14, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission deemed it appropriate and in
  • She served as the co-portfolio manager of the PaineWebber Short-Term U.S. Government Income
  • MITCHELL HUTCHINS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities
  • THE PAINEWEBBER SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND, a diversified series of a registered,
  • STEPHEN H. BROWN was employed by Mitchell Hutchins as the Fund's day-to-day co-portfolio
  • Regarding the Fund's Volatility and Securities Portfolio
  • The Fund was offered to the public by means of a prospectus and other materials prepared by
  • The appendix to the prospectus stated that the Fund had "no present intention" of investing
  • Were Contrary to the Fund's Public Disclosures
  • In September 1993, Mitchell Hutchins employed Brown as the Fund's co-portfolio manager, with
  • Griggs and another senior co-portfolio manager told Brown that the Fund was not permitted to
  • The Fund received from its custodian bank a daily report of prices for each of the portfolio
  • Consistent with the valuation method disclosed in the Fund's prospectus and statement of
  • he overrode custodian-provided prices for two of the non-PAC securities for almost the entire
  • Because the Fund's NAV is a function of the value of its securities
  • As a result of the foregoing, and as a result of his purchases of volatile securities
  • Griggs failed reasonably to supervise Brown, a person subject to her supervision, with a view
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