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Placement Agent Bill Clears House Panel

WEKU | By Kevin Wheatley, State Journal

Published February 10, 2012 at 12:19 PM EST

A bill that would make placement agents –financial middlemen who help locate investors for investment funds – register as lobbyists has unanimously cleared a House panel. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an informal inquiry on the use of placement agents in investments by the Kentucky Retirement Systems.

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