07/30/2014
Hedge Fund Prosecution Specialist Joins NY Law Firm
The Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force and the prosecutor who took down Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire head of the Galleon Group hedge fund, has joined NY law firm Ropes & Gray.
07/30/2014
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07/30/2014
New York's banking regulator is seeking to place government monitors in the US offices of Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Plc as part of its investigation into the foreign-exchange market, a person familiar with the matter said. The New York Departmen
07/29/2014
The former chief operating officer of Philip Falcone's hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve charges he aided a scheme to misappropriate fund assets
07/29/2014
Credit Suisse, one of the biggest players in dark pools, said last week the bank was working with regulators to stamp out potential abuses in the alternative trading venue.
07/29/2014
Ex-Harbinger COO settles SEC claims he aided fraud
The settlement papers were filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and must be approved by the court.
07/28/2014
According to the SEC’s order instituting a settled administrative proceeding, LavaFlow allowed an affiliate operating a technology application known as a smart order router
07/28/2014
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07/27/2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Bank of Nova Scotia were accused in a lawsuit of rigging the price of billions of dollars in silver, an allegation similar to earlier suits involving the London gold fix.
07/27/2014
The banks are not required to hand over client names as part of the deal, but must commit to handing over information which will help U.S. officials set up judicial aid requests to pursue tax dodgers.
07/25/2014
The British bank files rebuttal to serious allegations made by New York Attorney General over promotion of its electronic trading platform
07/25/2014
The SEC charged Morgan Stanley with violations of Sections 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933.
07/24/2014
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07/24/2014
The Goldensons claimed New York-based Spring Mountain invested money in a Madoff feeder fund without their knowledge, resulting in losses. The couple sought the return of $4.8 million plus damages for mental anguish.
07/23/2014
A hedge fund is joining the legal fight against Puerto Rico's new debt-restructuring law
07/23/2014
An examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that Deutsche Bank AG 's giant U.S. operations suffer from a litany of serious financial-reporting problems that the lender has known about for years but not fixed
07/23/2014
“Mr. Hixon’s actions were a misguided expression of love and support for his younger daughter, whom he desperately feared losing,” his lawyer, William F. Johnson, argued in a July 18 filing in Manhattan federal court.
07/23/2014
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07/23/2014
He joins the firm as a partner focusing his practice on corporate and antitrust law bringing experience advising foreign clients doing business in the U.S. on corporate, commercial and transactional matters
07/21/2014
A banker tied to BHP Billiton’s failed bid for control of Potash Corp has agreed to settle an insider trading lawsuit in the US