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Morgan Keegan & Company and Morgan Asset Management have agreed to pay $200 million to settle fraud charges related to bond funds that invested in subprime mortgage-backed securities. The charges were filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, state regulators from Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Former RMK bond fund portfolio manager James C. Kelsoe Jr., and comptroller Joseph Thompson Weller also agreed to pay penalties for their misconduct. Kelsoe is now barred from the securities industry.