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Bill George

Southern California

I was a 'retail' stockbroker early in my career. Later, I was fortunate to be involved in computer 'time-sharing' for a few years. After Congress repealed the laws which gave Western Union Corporation a monopoly on "message switching" time sharing adapted to become important to the development of... (More)

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Where Are The Customers Yachts?

This document raises some questions about media reporting relating to the Bernard Madoff Scandal, the limits of the jurisdition of the Securites and Exchange Commission, and the responsibilities of...
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Cox Requests Legislative Action

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1993 Da Ja Vu

Edward "Ted" Siedle, a former SEC lawyer, long ago took-up the cause of trying to protect institutional investors. Mr. Siedle operates an investment consulting firm called Benchmark Associates, he ...
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Reply To Arthur Levitt

On December 15, 2008 I distributed an email discussing some of what I believe are incorrect opinions relating to Client Commission Arrangements. On December 16, I received an email from past Chairm...
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SEC Proposed Guidance S7-22-08 Comment C

This is a Comment Letter filed with the SEC on September 5, 2008 and commenting on the SEC's Proposed Guidance on the Duties and Responsibilities of Investment Company Boards of Directors With Resp...
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Thirty Three Years Later

Recently I had a conversation with a young institutional investment professional. We were discussing subjects relating to the history of May Day 1975, Section 28(e) and third party brokerage. The y...
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Client Commission Arrangements Go Global?

A recent Traders Magazine article describes the popularity of Client Commission Arrangements (CCA's and compares them to the Commission Sharing Arrangements (CSA's) used in foreign jurisdictions. T...
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2nd Comment on SEC Proposed Guidance S7-22-08

This document is my second comment letter on the recently released proposed "Commission Guidance Regarding the Duties and Responsibilities of Investment Company Boards of Directors with Respect to ...
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Public Comment on SEC Guidance S7-22-08

This document is my comment letter on the recently released proposed "Commission Guidance Regarding the Duties and Responsibilities of Investment Company Boards of Directors with Respect to Investm...
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Some Problems With Client Commission Arrangements

This document discusses two of the more problematic issues relating to fiduciary investment advisors' use of their institutional clients' brokerage commissions to purchase unidentified products and...
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Name:

Bill George

Gender:

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Website:

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~bgeo/ and http://www.home.earthlink.net/~wtgeo/

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Occupation:

Institutional brokerage and investment research consulting

Interests:

My daughter and son-in-law and their growing family, swimming, jogging, photography, Porsche "356" Speedsters. http://home.earthlink.net/~wtg-stuff/356%20Speedster%20Specs.htm

Lately I've been reading:

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital by Roger Lowenstein;The Unbeatable Market: Taking the Indexing Path to Financial Peace of Mind by Ron Ross Ph.D.; Blood on The Street by Charles Gasparino; Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb; The(Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Frac... (More)

Lately I've been writing:

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5pc6u8iz8cjm8-tinier Investing In Mutual Funds and Other Investment Vehicles Managed by Fiduciaries