Market Consulting Corporation
Mutual Fund Selective Disclosure Expert Witness Support in Tarrant County, Texas
Expert analysis of mutual fund selective disclosure, portfolio-holdings information, timing, recipients, trading use, controls, and investor impact.
Expert witness assistance
Selective-disclosure matters require review of what information was disclosed, when it was disclosed, who received it, what policies governed disclosure, whether trading or other benefit followed, and whether investors or funds were affected. MCC assists by reviewing fund documents, communications, trading records, compliance policies, and supervisory materials. The analysis is limited to the record and the expert assignment.
Engagement focus
- Initial case review focused on the factual record, the questions presented, and the likely scope of expert analysis.
- Issue analysis addressing securities, futures, options, trust, portfolio-management, compliance, or industry-practice questions as applicable.
- Damages or loss analysis when the facts and engagement require quantification.
- Assistance with document requests, deposition preparation, mediation preparation, expert reports, rebuttal analysis, and testimony as appropriate.
Disclosure chronology
Communications, portfolio-holdings releases, recipient lists, timing records, and related trading may be organized chronologically.
Policy and control review
Fund policies, board materials, compliance procedures, approvals, and exception handling may be reviewed.
Impact assessment
Where supported, analysis may address trading advantage, investor impact, fund harm, damages, and alternative explanations.
Issues commonly reviewed
- Portfolio-holdings disclosure, timing, recipients, approvals, and permitted exceptions.
- Fund policies, prospectus language, compliance procedures, and board or adviser oversight.
- Trading activity, market timing, preferential access, or alleged use of nonpublic information.
- Controls, surveillance, escalation, and documentation.
- Investor impact, fund dilution, causation, and damages where calculable.
- Regulatory, litigation, arbitration, or settlement context.
Records commonly requested
- Pleadings, statement of claim, answer, counterclaims, and amended claims.
- New account documents, customer profiles, investment objectives, risk-tolerance records, and account updates.
- Monthly statements, trade confirmations, order tickets, margin records, and cash-flow records.
- Correspondence, emails, recorded calls, notes, exception reports, and supervisory reviews.
- Product materials, offering documents, risk disclosures, prospectuses, research, and internal sales materials.
- Prior settlement discussions, mediation statements, expert disclosures, and damages calculations, when available.
Dr. Ronald W. Cornew and Market Consulting Corporation
The dispute resolution and financial consulting efforts of Market Consulting Corporation are under the direction of Dr. Ronald W. Cornew, President and Senior Consultant. Dr. Cornew personally supervises MCC case work and, when appropriate, draws on a network of industry specialists for very large or complex matters.
Case review
Request expert witness consultation
Provide the forum, parties represented, principal allegations, relevant account or transaction records, and any current deadlines. Additional documents can be exchanged after conflicts and scope are addressed.