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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
Current Parent Company: Sun Life Financial
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Penalty: $50,000,000
Year: 2004
Date: March 31, 2004
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: securities issuance or trading violation
Violation Description: Massachusetts Financial Services Company agreed to pay $50 million to settle allegations that it failed to adequately disclose the specifics of its shelf-space arrangements with brokerage firms and the conflicts created by those arrangements.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: life insurance
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.