But a $100 billion rule would catch Vanguard's S&P 500 index fund in its net (currently $163 billion in AUM).
Developing an idea that has been under discussion by environmental groups for several years, they want the federal government to buy out permit-holders for $175 per AUM.
The FSB proposes a system based on fund size, saying thatFor investment funds, the threshold is set at $100 billion in net assets under management (AUM).
Members of the Japan-based new religious movement AUM Shinrikyo (since 2000 called Aleph) were soon identified as the perpetrators of the attack.
Three AUM members wanted in connection with the cult's crimes remained fugitives for more than a decade and a half.
In the nineties, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin in the Tokyo Metro.
Aum members released nerve gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, and, as the year 2000 approaches, the group is still active in Japan and in Russia.
During the early nineties, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) attempted to buy nuclear weapons in Russia, purchased land in Australia to mine for uranium, and sought technical assistance from scientists at Moscow's leading institute for nuclear research.
In 1995, an apocalyptic Japanese cult called Aum Shinrikyo released a potent nerve agent called sarin on the Tokyo subway.
To those who worry that these 100 will sell their services to the highest bidder, he points out that Aum Shinrikyo spent several million dollars trying to buy technology and expertise from former Soviet scientists, only to come away empty-handed.
Aum Shinrikyo turned out to be a relatively large, sophisticated and well-financed operation staffed by highly trained people studying germ and chemical warfare.Are such attacks the shape of things to come?
