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Hedge Fund Adviser Charged for Inadequate Controls to Prevent Insider Trading
August 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that hedge fund advisory firm Deerfield Management Company L.P. has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to settle charges that it failed to establish, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed ...
ICO flags hedge fund role in coffee price tumble
May 10th, 2017
Hedge funds are the primary cause of the drop in coffee prices which has driven both arabica and robusta futures to multi-month lows, the International Coffee Organization said, noting broad correlations in commodity moves. The ICO, which said that ...
CFTC charges purported hedge fund that traded commodity futures and forex contracts
April 21st, 2017
CFTC Charges Purported Hedge Fund Capitol Equity FX LLC and California Residents Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson with Fraud, Misappropriation, and Registration Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a ...
SEC Charges Investment Adviser With Stealing Investor Funds
February 3rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Connecticut-based investment advisory business and its owner with stealing money from investors to settle a private lawsuit among other misuses. The SEC alleges that Sentinel Growth Fund Management and its founder ...
New UBS equity index ETF on S&P 500 with currency hedge launched on Xetra
November 8th, 2016
ETF provides access to 500 largest US companies A new UBS Global Asset Management equity index ETF on S&P 500 has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. ETF name: UBS (Irl) ETF plc – S&P 500 ...
Precious metals funds ride gold trade to 120% rally
August 8th, 2016
Gold mining stocks continue to leverage rising gold prices If you have been a gold investor this year, you can be pleased with the 26% gain for the precious metal. But if you had the foresight to leverage that ...
China regulator shutters 10,000 funds
August 2nd, 2016
China’s funds regulator said on Monday it has canceled the licenses of over 10,000 funds, amid a crackdown on the country’s poorly regulated fund management sector, which has been dogged by runaway managers and misappropriation of investments. The move ...
Hedge Fund Managers and Former Government Official Charged in $32 Million Insider Trading Scheme
June 16th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against two hedge fund managers and their source, a former government official accused of deceptively obtaining confidential information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A third hedge ...
invest.com launches “hedge fund for the people”
May 23rd, 2016
invest.com is the first online investment company in the UK to specialise in alternative investments; It has received $20m investment from a number of global investors including tech VC fund, Singulariteam; invest.com domain name ranks as one of the ...
Hedge Fund Tax Guru, Diya Wilson, moves from Deloitte to PwC
May 18th, 2016
PwC has recruited Diya Wilson as a tax partner in its Asset & Wealth Management practice. Ms Wilson joins from Deloitte, where she was was responsible for leading the Firm’s hedge fund tax business in London. She initially joined ...
