Disclosure Insight: Ventas -- A Disclosed SEC Probe into the Former Auditor Sounds Sketchy.

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Ventas, Inc.  $VTR

We don’t buy that we are getting the full story here.  What’s missing could hurt the shares later.

Facts of Interest or Concern:  In a 10-K filed in Feb-2015, Ventas disclosed an SEC investigation concerning an independence issue involving a partner from Ernst & Young, the former auditor, and an unnamed individual with financial reporting oversight within the company.