Shamrock Asset Management

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Shamrock Asset Management is a Dallas, Texas investment adviser.  Advertisements made by Shamrock and its advisers inappropriately inflated the investment returns of certain investments.  As a result, Shamrock received a cease and desist order from the SEC.  The relevant parts of the order are as follows:

“From July 2011 through October 1, 2013, in reliance on F-Squared’s false statements, Shamrock’s AlphaSector advertisements falsely stated that: (a) assets had been invested in the AlphaSector strategy from April 2001 to September 2008; and (b) the track record had significantly outperformed the S&P 500 Index from April 2001 to September 2008.

“In fact, no client assets had tracked the strategy from April 2001 through September 2008. In addition, F-Squared miscalculated the historical performance of AlphaSector from April 2001 to September 2008 by incorrectly implementing signals in advance of when such signals actually could have occurred. Shamrock took insufficient steps to confirm the accuracy of F-Squared’s historical data and other information contained in the materials. In addition, Shamrock did not obtain sufficient documentation that substantiated F-Squared’s advertising claims in the materials.

“As a result of this inaccurate compilation of historical data by F-Squared, Shamrock advertised the AlphaSector strategy by using hypothetical and back-tested historical performance that was inflated substantially over what performance would have been if FSquared had applied the signals accurately. 4. As a result,

“Shamrock violated Section 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-1(a)(5) thereunder by publishing, circulating, and distributing advertisements that contained untrue statements of material fact. Shamrock likewise did not make and keep true, accurate and current records or documents necessary to form the basis for or demonstrate the calculation of the performance or rate of returns that it circulated and distributed, as required by Section 204(a) of the Advisers Act and Rule 204-2(a)(16) thereunder.”