Western Asset Management, a unit of Franklin Resources, will pay $100 million to settle SEC charges tied to a $600 million cherry-picking scheme by former CIO Kenneth Leech. The firm did not admit wrongdoing. Leech faces criminal trial, while regulators cited failures in oversight and fair trade allocation practices.
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