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- verb Present participle of
mismark . - noun An incorrect
marking .
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Examples
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"mismarking" his books "in an effort to enhance his apparent job performance and thus his bonus compensation."
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That change increases the odds that mismarking of these less-liquid assets overstates a fund's value, masking losses.
Mutual Funds' Muni-Debt Prices Are Questioned Jean Eaglesham 2011
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What the record says: "By mismarking certain trades and falsely claiming that firm personnel had located stock to borrow, Sandell Asset Management gained an unfair trading advantage over other market participants."
The Sunlight Foundation: One Out of Every Ten Investment Advisers Disciplined The Sunlight Foundation 2011
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In court documents, prosecutors alleged that Mr. Lee began mismarking some of his natural-gas positions in 2003 in order to make them appear more profitable than they actually were.
Ex-CEO of Optionable Pleads Guilty in Natural-Gas Pricing Scam Chad Bray 2011
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March 16, 2010: A former London-based senior trader at Merrill Lynch is banned after deliberately mismarking his positions.
U.K. Sets Its Sights on 'Rogue' Traders David Enrich 2011
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May 13, 2009: Morgan Stanley is fined £1.4 million for systems and controls failings tied to mismarking by a London trader; trader also is fined.
U.K. Sets Its Sights on 'Rogue' Traders David Enrich 2011
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What the record says: "By mismarking certain trades and falsely claiming that firm personnel had located stock to borrow, Sandell Asset Management gained an unfair trading advantage over other market participants."
The Sunlight Foundation: One Out of Every Ten Investment Advisers Disciplined The Sunlight Foundation 2011
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Dec. 16, 2010: Former trader at Toronto Dominion Bank is fined £750,000 $1.16 million for deliberately mismarking his trading positions; bank is fined £7 million.
U.K. Sets Its Sights on 'Rogue' Traders David Enrich 2011
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In the U.S., regulators began looking into whether banks were mismarking their assets and misleading investors in 2007, even before the the financial meltdown.
U.K. Bans a Former Merrill Trader Susan Pulliam 2010
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In the U.S., regulators began looking into whether banks were mismarking their assets and misleading investors in 2007, even before the the financial meltdown.
U.K. Bans a Former Merrill Trader Susan Pulliam 2010
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