Agosto said the ethics complaint forced him to hire an expensive public relations firm and lawyers to sort through allegations potentially affecting the financial adviser's business clients in multiple states. A complaint filed against Agosto last fall alleged that he failed to disclose a $324.39 golf outing at Pebble Beach, Calif., financed by AEW Capital Management, which wanted to do business with the Texas Permanent School Fund. The Ethics Commission investigation and findings included a letter from AEW Capital Management explaining that Agosto ?may take the position that he paid for himself and half of the guests rather than half the bill (which) doesn't make our disclosure wrong, nor should it make Mr.