McKinsey affiliate to pay $18M for poor handling of nonpublic information
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-11-19T18:33:00
MIO Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, has agreed to pay an $18 million penalty for failing to maintain adequate policies and procedures to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information.
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