Massachusetts' chief securities regulator is investigating a technology failure that caused delays in the pricing of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds for several days last month.
Secretary William Galvin has asked Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and six mutual fund providers how the "glitch" in fund accounting affected individual investors, his office said Friday in a statement.
Technology used by BNY Mellon to generate net asset values broke down on Aug. 24. The software, provided by SunGard Data Systems Inc., prevented the bank from issuing NAVs, the equivalent of closing prices, for many funds.
Six Firms
The initial probe involves BNY Mellon and six of the largest firms affected: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, First Trust Advisors, Guggenheim Partners, Prudential Financial Inc. and Federated Investors Inc. The inquiry asks them to detail the scope of the problem and any corrective action being taken to address harm to individual investors, the statement said.
