Evergreen Agrees to $4M NASD Settlement
Reuters reports the NASD investigation, which lasted more than a year, probed whether Evergreen’s affiliated mutual fund broker-dealer, Evergreen Investment Services, made inappropriate, non-cash compensation to brokers for sales of Evergreen funds between 2001 and 2003. It also investigated if Evergreen sent more business during that period to some broker-dealers who were promoting its funds.
Evergreen Chief Executive Dennis Ferro said in a statement no shareholders or mutual funds will be affected monetarily or in any other way as a result of the settlement. He also said the company believes no fund or shareholder was adversely affected by the conduct NASD was investigating.