U.S. court rejects SEC rule on board nominees
A federal appeals court has struck down a rule adopted last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission that gave shareholders more power to nominate board directors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for...
View ArticleNY judge tosses Madoff suits blaming hedge funds
A judge has thrown out several lawsuits by investors who blame hedge funds for failing to detect Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud, saying the one-time Nasdaq chairman “cleverly leveraged his considerable...
View ArticleSEC charges LI hedge fund adviser with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Roslyn-based investment adviser with defrauding investors and misappropriating more than $1 million in client assets for his personal use. The SEC...
View ArticleHedge founder gets 11 years in insider trade probe
A former billionaire described by the government as “the modern face of illegal insider trading” was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, the longest insider trading sentence ever but far short of...
View ArticleMudd, facing civil charge, steps down at Fortress
Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd is taking a leave of absence from the hedge fund he runs less than a week after being charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis. Randal Nardone, principal...
View Article7 charged in $61M insider trading case
A hedge fund co-founder, a hedge fund portfolio manager, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in...
View ArticleLampert hedge fund leaves Connecticut for Florida
A $9 billion private investment hedge fund has moved out of Connecticut. The Greenwich Time reports ESL Investments, run by billionaire Edward Lampert, notified investors it has relocated to Miami. A...
View ArticleSEC files charges against hedge fund founder Cohen
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against Steven A. Cohen that accuse the billionaire hedge-fund manager of failing to prevent insider trading at the fund he founded. Cohen...
View ArticleHedge fund to operate amid US fraud charges
The criminal indictment and civil lawsuits brought against SAC Capital Advisors and related companies did not name billionaire Steven A. Cohen as a defendant.
View ArticleSEC delaying civil action against Cohen
The SEC filed the action July 19 against Cohen, alleging he failed to prevent illegal insider trading by some portfolio managers at the SAC Capital Advisors.
View ArticleSAC Capital employee found guilty in NY case
A portfolio manager for SAC Capital Advisors, accused by the government of cheating to boost sagging results in 2007, was convicted on insider trading charges.
View ArticleSAC Capital ex-trader convicted of insider trading
A former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager was convicted Thursday of helping his company earn more than a quarter billion dollars illegally.
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View ArticleHedge founder gets 11 years in insider trade probe
A former billionaire described by the government as “the modern face of illegal insider trading” was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, the longest insider trading sentence ever but far short of...
View ArticleMudd, facing civil charge, steps down at Fortress
Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd is taking a leave of absence from the hedge fund he runs less than a week after being charged in connection with the 2008 financial crisis. Randal Nardone, principal...
View Article7 charged in $61M insider trading case
A hedge fund co-founder, a hedge fund portfolio manager, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in...
View ArticleLampert hedge fund leaves Connecticut for Florida
A $9 billion private investment hedge fund has moved out of Connecticut. The Greenwich Time reports ESL Investments, run by billionaire Edward Lampert, notified investors it has relocated to Miami. A...
View ArticleSEC files charges against hedge fund founder Cohen
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against Steven A. Cohen that accuse the billionaire hedge-fund manager of failing to prevent insider trading at the fund he founded. Cohen...
View ArticleHedge fund to operate amid US fraud charges
The criminal indictment and civil lawsuits brought against SAC Capital Advisors and related companies did not name billionaire Steven A. Cohen as a defendant.
View ArticleSEC delaying civil action against Cohen
The SEC filed the action July 19 against Cohen, alleging he failed to prevent illegal insider trading by some portfolio managers at the SAC Capital Advisors.
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