Tag Archives: carl levin


Hedge fund bill to give SEC registration authority

April 28, 2009 : Permalink

Guardian Unlimited – A U.S. Senate bill to make the $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry more transparent would give federal regulators the authority to require fund managers to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the bill’s authors […]

UBS defies US demands on secret accounts

March 5, 2009 : Permalink

Breitbart.com – Banking giant UBS Wednesday defied pressure to name about 50,000 Americans holding secret bank accounts in Switzerland as the nation’s financial culture came under a withering fire. US senators accused bankers at crisis-wracked UBS of helping wealthy Americans […]

Hedge Fund Bill Won’t Publicize Clients

February 10, 2009 : Permalink

Investment Consultant – Reports that U.S. Sens. Carl Levin’s and Charles Grassley’s new bill on hedge fund regulation will force funds to publicize the names of clients are untrue, the senators said. "Contrary to some press reports, the Grassley-Levin bill […]

Bill in US Senate would regulate hedge funds

February 2, 2009 : Permalink

International Herald Tribune – Two senior senators have introduced legislation to impose U.S. government oversight on hedge funds. The legislation by Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat of Michigan, and Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican of Iowa, was filed Thursday while the […]

U.S. Senators Propose Hedge Fund Regulation

February 2, 2009 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Two senators are pushing for greater regulation of hedge funds, introducing legislation that would call on the U.S. government to oversee them. Michigan Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat, and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican, passed […]