Lessons from SEC Money Funds Standoff: If You Want Something Done, D...

08/24/12

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SEC Problems: More information is emerging on why Democratic commissioner Luis A. Aguilar decided to vote against Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro's plan to regulate money market mutual funds. Apparently, Aguilar "didn't appreciate" Schapiro's move to show Congress a report on the risks of money funds he viewed as misleading. The Journal reports Aguilar was already on the fence about the new proposal when news of the report's circulation was...

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