Prudential subsidiaries to pay $33M for misleading disclosures
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-09-17T16:46:00
The SEC has charged two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures to the boards for 94 funds they advised.
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