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Denver-Based Invesco Funds May Face Civil Action for Market-Timing Activities.

By Greg Griffin, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 25--Denver-based Invesco Funds Group may face civil action from federal and New York regulators for market-timing activities in its mutual funds, its parent company said Monday.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York attorney general's office notified Amvescap Plc of London that they are considering taking civil enforcement actions against Invesco, Amvescap said.

The company also said it has terminated trading privileges for clients who violated I

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