Investment adviser Van Eck Associates Corporation has agreed to pay a $1.75m fine to settle SEC charges (without admitting or denying the charge) that it had failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the launch of its VanEckSocial Sentiment ETF back in March 2021.
The ETF trades on the
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