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SEC v MICHAEL T. SULLIVAN, III Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: IA-1849, Defendant: Michael T. Sullivan, III, Plaintiff: SEC, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>IA-1849, Investment Company, Sullivan, Act, Registrant, Advisers Act, Trading, Violation, Portfolio Managers, Commission, Derivatives, Limits, Overlay, Order Tickets, Overlay Program, Trades, Pursuant, Accounts, Thereunder, Impose, Securities, Instituting, Findings, Unauthorized Trading, Execute, Transactions, Sales, Miscoding, Participating, Risk, Purchases , ContentID: 120245579

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1 1999-12-22 SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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1 . SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
SULLIVAN
ACT
REGISTRANT
ADVISERS ACT
TRADING
VIOLATION
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
COMMISSION
DERIVATIVES
LIMITS
OVERLAY
ORDER TICKETS
OVERLAY PROGRAM
TRADES
PURSUANT
ACCOUNTS
THEREUNDER
IMPOSE
SECURITIES
INSTITUTING
FINDINGS
UNAUTHORIZED TRADING
EXECUTE
TRANSACTIONS
SALES
MISCODING
PARTICIPATING
RISK
PURCHASES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

   INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940
   Release No. 1849 / December 22, 1999

   INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
   Release No. 24219 / December 22, 1999

   ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
   File No. 3-10122

   In the Matter of

   MICHAEL T. SULLIVAN, III

   Respondent.

   ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS,
   MAKING FINDINGS, IMPOSING
   REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND
   CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER

   I.

   The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
   appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative and
   cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant
   to Sections 203(f) and 203(k) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
   (the "Advisers Act") and Sections 9(b) and 9(f) of the Investment
   Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") against Michael T.
   Sullivan, III ("Sullivan").

   II.

   In anticipation of the institution of these administrative
   proceedings, Sullivan has submitted an Offer of Settlement ("Offer"),
   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 in which the Commission is a party, and
   without admitting or denying any of the findings contained herein,
   except those findings pertaining to the jurisdiction of the Commission
   over him and over the subject matter of these proceedings, which he
   admits, Sullivan consents to the entry of this Order Instituting
   Proceedings, Making Findings, Imposing Remedial Sanctions and
   Cease-and-Desist Order ("Order").

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  • INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest that
  • Solely for the purpose of these proceedings, and any other proceedings brought by or on e-and-Desist Order.
  • Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., is registered with the Commission as an investment adviser
  • The registrant manages more than $280 billion in assets for mutual fund investors, retirement
  • This matter arises from unauthorized trading by Sullivan while employed as a derivatives
  • Although he had been given limited discretion to execute a derivatives trading strategy in
  • Sullivan avoided detection by miscoding order tickets, forging the signatures of the
  • By the time his activities were discovered, Sullivan's unauthorized trading had resulted in
  • Sullivan's unauthorized trading was not consistent with portfolio manager presentations to
  • By virtue of his conduct, Sullivan willfully violated Section 34of the Investment Company
  • the registrant's derivatives trading desk implemented a derivatives trading strategy referred
  • The overlay program was a hedging strategy, designed to improve the risk-return profiles of
  • As it developed, the overlay program came to involve, almost exclusively, short sales of
  • Unlike other derivatives trading at the registrant, portfolio managers who chose to
  • Rule 31a-1, promulgated pursuant to Section 31of the Investment Company Act, requires the
  • Aiding and abetting liability may be established by demonstrating a primary or independent
  • the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest to accept the Offer and to
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