Defendant Name: BISYS Fund Services Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company
Public Company Parent: BISYS Group
SIC Code: 7374
CUSIP: 05547210

Document Reference: IA-2554

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of BISYS Fund Services, Inc.
Document Name Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order Pursuant to Section 203(k) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and Sections 9(b) and 9(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as to BISYS Fund Services, Inc.
Document Date 26-Sep-2006
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-12432
Allegation Type Investment Advisers/Investment Companies
Document Summary On September 26, 2006, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against BISYS Fund Services Inc. According to the SEC: "These proceedings arise out of improper arrangements between BISYS Fund Services, Inc. ('BISYS' or 'Respondent'), a mutual fund administrator, and 27 mutual fund advisers in which BISYS aided and abetted the advisers' improper use of fund assets for marketing and other expenses incurred by the advisers. BISYS entered into side agreements obligating BISYS to rebate a portion of its administration fee to the funds' advisers so that the fund advisers would continue to recommend BISYS as an administrator to the fund board of trustees. Through these side agreements, fund advisers used fund assets to pay for marketing expenses incurred by the advisers to promote the funds. Occasionally, fund advisers also used the money dedicated by BISYS pursuant to these arrangements to pay expenses entirely unrelated to marketing, including check fraud losses, seed capital for new mutual funds, and settlement of disputes with third parties."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Compliance Related Independent Consultant
Various undertakings
Cooperation Before the Resolution
Remedial Acts or Efforts Before the Resolution
Fair Funds
Plan of Distribution
Monetary Penalties:

Disgorgement

Individual:     $9,698,835.00 Shared:    

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $10,000,000.00 Shared:    

Pre-Judgment Interest

Individual:     $1,703,981.66 Shared:    

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34-60435 05-Aug-2009 Administrative Proceeding
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34-60719 25-Sep-2009 Administrative Proceeding
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The Commission stated: "[I]t is hereby ORDERED that the Distribution Plan is approved. It is hereby ORDERED . . . that Rust Consulting is appointed as the Fund Administrator in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Plan and that the bond requirement is waived for good cause shown."
34-62498 14-Jul-2010 Administrative Proceeding
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34-71301 14-Jan-2014 Administrative Proceeding
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On January 14, 2014, the SEC ordered that the "$12,765.58 balance in the Fair Fund shall be transferred to the U.S. Treasury, and any future funds received by the Fair Fund will also be transferred to the U.S. Treasury". The SEC also order the discharge of the Fund Administrator and the termination of the Fair Fund. According to the SEC: "The Fair Fund distributed $22,422,911.40 to twenty seven mutual fund families affected by the conduct discussed in the [September 26, 2006] Order. The Fair Fund was allocated proportionally: first, by distributing the portion of the disgorgement and prejudgment interest amounts attributable to each Fund Family; and second, by distributing the penalty based on the amount of administration fees paid by each Fund Family that were allocated to marketing expenses during the period July 1, 2999 through June 30, 2004. Approximately 99.94% of the Fair Fund was distributed."
34-60011-pdp 20-May-2019 Administrative Proceeding
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