(CNBC) Stock futures edged lower on Thursday evening with Wall Street poised to end the week with gains in the three major averages. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down marginally while S&P 500 futures also slipped slightly. Nasdaq 100 futures were lower […]
TD Securities Charged in Spoofing Scheme
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against registered broker-dealer TD Securities (USA) LLC for manipulating the U.S. Treasury cash securities market through an illicit trading strategy known as spoofing. The bank was also charged for failing to […]
SEC Charges Advisory Firm With Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Florida-based GQG Partners LLC, a registered investment adviser, for entering into agreements with candidates for employment and a former employee that made it more difficult for them to report […]
Advisory Firm Macquarie Investment To Pay Nearly $80m For Allegedly Overvaluing Assets
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced Registered Investment Adviser Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) will pay a total of $79.8 million to settle charges for overvaluing approximately 4,900 largely illiquid collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) held in 20 […]
11 Institutional Investment Managers Charged with Failure to Report Certain Securities Holdings
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against 11 institutional investment managers for failing to file reports, known as Forms 13F, that they were required to file because they have discretion over more than $100 million in certain […]
SEC Charges Three Former Executives of Medly Health with Defrauding Investors
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged now-defunct digital pharmacy startup Medly Health Inc’s. co-founder and former CEO, Marg Patel, former CFO, Robert Horowitz, and former Head of Rx Operations, Chintankumar Bhatt, with defrauding investors in connection with capital […]
John Deere, to pay $10 Million to resolve alleged Bribery Charges
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Deere & Company, which does business as John Deere, has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to resolve SEC charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out […]
Six Credit Rating Agencies Hit with $49M in fines and charged with Significant Recordkeeping Failures
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against six nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or NRSROs, for significant failures by the firms and their personnel to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted the facts set forth […]
Broker-Dealer Nationwide and Two Investment Advisers Charged with Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges against three affiliated registrants, Commission-registered broker-dealer Nationwide Planning Associates, Inc. and investment adviser NPA Asset Management, LLC, and state-registered investment adviser Blue Point Strategic Wealth Management, LLC, for impeding brokerage customers […]
China-based QZ Asset Management Ltd. and its CEO Charged in Pre-IPO Fraud Scheme
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against China-based investment adviser QZ Asset Management Limited a/k/a Qianze Asset Management Limited (QZ Asset), its South Dakota-based holding company QZ Global Limited, and the CEO of both entities, Blake Yeung […]
SEC Charges Brothers Jonathan and Tanner Adam with $60 Million Ponzi Scheme
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained emergency asset freezes against Jonathan Adam, a resident of Angleton, Texas, and his brother, Tanner Adam, a resident of Miami, Florida, and against their respective entities, GCZ Global LLC and Triten Financial […]
Equiniti, formerly known as American Stock Transfer Charged after losing $6.6m in client funds
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced settled charges against New York-based registered transfer agent Equiniti Trust Company LLC, formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, for failing to assure that client securities and funds were […]
Carl Icahn Charged with hiding billions in loans backed by IEP stock
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Carl C. Icahn and his publicly traded company, Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP), for failing to disclose information relating to Icahn’s pledges of IEP securities as collateral to secure personal margin […]
Russell Todd Burkhalter and His Atlanta-Firm Charged With $300 Million Ponzi Scheme
(Hedgeco.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a preliminary injunction, asset freeze, and other emergency relief against Atlanta-based Drive Planning LLC and its founder and CEO, Russell Todd Burkhalter, to halt a $300 million real estate […]
Twenty-Six Firms to Pay $390 Million Combined to Settle Charges for Recordkeeping Failures
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against 26 broker-dealers, investment advisers, and dually-registered broker-dealers and investment advisers for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their personnel to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted […]
