{"id":4917,"date":"2018-03-12T19:45:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T00:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2022-03-22T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:08:04","slug":"voya-holdings-subsidiaries-repay-mutual-funds-2m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/voya-holdings-subsidiaries-repay-mutual-funds-2m\/","title":{"rendered":"Voya Holdings Subsidiaries to Repay Mutual Funds Over $2M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tDirect Services LLC and Voya Investment LLC, two Voya Holdings Inc. investment adviser subsidiaries, will pay about $3.6M to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges accusing them of failing to make certain disclosures related to securities lending. Of that amount, over $2M will go straight to mutual funds that were impacted.<\/p>\n<p>The two investment advisers worked with a number of \u201cinsurance-dedicated mutual funds\u201d that insurers affiliated with Voya Holdings and Direct Services offer to life insurance and annuity customers. The two advisers lent fund-held securities to certain parties. They then called back the securities so that the insurer affiliates would get a tax benefit. These same affiliates were record shareholders for the funds\u2019 shares. Meantime, this led to the funds and their investors losing income while not getting to avail of the tax benefit.<\/p>\n<p>According to SEC Enforcement Division Asset Management Co-Chief Anthony S. Kelly, the mutual funds and its investors were not notified that they would be losing money in order for the affiliates to get this tax benefit. The regulator said that Voya advisors did not disclose that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/broker-misconduct.html\">conflict of interest<\/a> existed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/voya-holdings-subsidiaries-repay-mutual-funds-2m\/#more-4917\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct Services LLC and Voya Investment LLC, two Voya Holdings Inc. investment adviser subsidiaries, will pay about $3.6M to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges accusing them of failing to make certain disclosures related to securities lending. Of that amount, over $2M will go straight to mutual funds that were impacted. 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