American Infrastructure Funds to pay $1.6M over fiduciary duty breaches
By 
Jeff Dale2023-09-22T20:56:00
A California-based investment adviser to private funds agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding multiple breaches of its fiduciary duty to clients.
American Infrastructure Funds (AIF) was fined $1.2 million and agreed to pay $445,460 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest, the SEC announced in a press release Friday. The firm agreed to cease and desist from further violations of the Advisers Act and to be censured.
AIF breached fiduciary duty through three separate manners, the SEC alleged in its order.
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