Tag Archives: securities-and-exchange


Candace Bushnell Hates Hedge Funds

January 2, 2009 : Permalink

Forbes – It’s been foul weather for hedge-heads. Redemptions are rampant, performance is drooping, the Securities and Exchange Commission briefly banned short-selling, and Congress summoned them to do some ‘splaining. But the really bad stuff is yet to come. Hedge […]

Madoff set to disclose list of holdings

December 31, 2008 : Permalink

Munster Times – Investigators may get a clue Wednesday into how much money might be available for victims in the Bernard Madoff scandal. The fallen investment guru is scheduled to submit a list of his personal assets to the Securities […]

NY judge may weigh wider Madoff investor relief

December 30, 2008 : Permalink

Dailyrecord.com – A judge presiding over civil claims filed against disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says he may be willing to consider extending relief from an investors’ fund to those who invested in Madoff’s business through third parties. OAS_AD(‘ArticleFlex_1’);U.S. District Judge […]

Chutzpah Spree by Accused Lawyer Nets $380 Million

December 26, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – When Manhattan lawyer Marc Dreier needed to apply a patina of reality to allegedly bogus promissory notes he was pitching to hedge funds, he used Mission Impossible- type tricks. As the U.S. Attorneys Office in Manhattan tells it, […]

SEC Publishes Text of Rand Report on Investment Adviser

January 3, 2008 : Permalink

Washington, D.C., Jan. 3, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has received and posted on its Web site the text of the RAND Corporation’s final report on practices in the investment adviser and broker-dealer industries. The Commission has been […]