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\t\t\t\tEquinox Fund Management Resolves SEC Charges For Over $5.8M<\/em>
\nA Denver-based alternative fund manager has consented to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges accusing it of misleading investors about the way certain assets were valued and for overcharging management fees. According to the regulator, Equinox Fund Management LLC determined its management fees differently from the method it described in registration statements for The Frontier Fund, which is a managed futures fund. <\/p>\n

Although registration statements said that management fees would be calculated based on each series’ net asset value, Equinox used the assets’ national trading value instead. Also, the firm is accused of straying from the valuation methodology it had disclosed for certain holdings. <\/p>\n

The fund manager will pay back investors about $5.4M in excessive management fees that it was paid over seven years, in addition to $600K in prejudgment interest. It also will pay a $400K penalty.<\/p>\n

Futures Trader Goes to Jail, Pays Restitution for Securities Fraud<\/strong>
\nRXM Holdings Ltd. futures trading director Robert Scott Wiens is sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to securities fraudhttps:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/legal-news. He also will pay $260k in restitution to investors he harmed.<\/p>\n

Wiens was an unlicensed securities professional in 2010 and 2011. He sold fraudulent investments, which he traded on the futures market.<\/p>\n

Wiens directed investors to open bank accounts under RXM’s name for their funds. He told them that there was zero risk and returns were guaranteed. He then used the money in the accounts to pay off earlier investments and cover his own spending.
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