Mutual funds have six months to get used to the idea of filing suspicious activity reports. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule that places mutual funds in the same category as banks, broker-dealer, casinos and money service business, which are required to report any suspicious transactions. The final rule, which goes into effect 180 days after the May 4 publication in the Federal Register, is “another step in ensuring that the Bank Secrecy Act is applied appropriately to financial institutions, such as mutual funds, to create systems for preventing and detecting potential abuse by those seeking to launder money or finance terrorism,” says FinCen Director Robert Werner in a statement.