Wilshire trades.(Investments & Finance)(pension fund investors watching case of Wilshire Associates Inc., which is being examined by the SEC)(Brief Article) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: October 20, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Pension fund investors are watching with particular interest the case of Santa Monica-based Wilshire Associates Inc., whose short-term "market timing" trades dating back to 1993 are being examined by the SEC.

The question, said one money manager familiar with such practices, is whether Wilshire's in-and-out trades in mutual funds violated the internal procedures of some of its fund-company clients, which publish the provisions against the practice in their prospectuses.

Many mutual funds also impose penalties to discourage market timers. "It does hurt investors," said the ...

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