Mass Ave Global fined $350K for compliance, communication lapses
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Adrianne Appel2024-05-29T19:01:00
Mass Ave Global (MassAve) agreed to pay $350,000 for alleged failures that led the investment adviser to make false and misleading statements to investors, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Winston Feng, the co-founder and chief executive officer at MassAve, agreed to pay $250,000 and be suspended for 12 months from investment work, the SEC announced in a press release Wednesday.
New York City-based MassAve, which had about $1.1 billion in regulatory assets under management until it began winding down operations in early 2023, violated the antifraud and compliance provisions of the Investment Advisers Act, the SEC alleged in its order.
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