CIBC banker faces SEC charges over market timing loans

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is close to filing charges against a CIBC banker believed to have approved loans he knew would be used for illegal mutual fund trading.

A CIBC loan officer is facing charges that he oversaw loans to hedge funds in full knowledge that the proceeds would fund market timing trades. Sources familiar with the negotiations said that the SEC has hard evidence that the loans would be used for "nefarious activities".

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