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SEC fines advisory firms $2.2 million for spreading false claims made by F-Squared

Thirteen advisory firms repeated unsubstantiated claims about investment performance.

The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered 13 firms to pay a combined $2.2 million for spreading false claims made by F-Squared Investments about the performance of a strategy it used in exchange-traded funds.

The SEC found the firms “accepted and negligently relied” on F-Squared's

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