SEC Takes On America's Hedge Fund
By Staff WriterBROOKLYN, N.Y. (HedgeWorld.com)--How could you go wrong with a name like America's Hedge Fund LLC? Easily, it turns out. A U.S. District Court judge in Brooklyn holds a hearing Tuesday [Nov. 9] to consider granting a preliminary injunction against Christian Kuretski, operator of America's Hedge Fund LP, and Worldwide Partners...
November 12, 2004
Art Institute Paints a Smaller Picture for Hedge Funds in Investment LandscapeCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--The board of trustees at the Art Institute of Chicago is ready to put the poor investments of the past behind it but will keep hedge funds as part of a newly restructured asset allocation for its endowment fund. The endowment became the poster child for improved investor due...
November 12, 2004
Probe Touches Web BrokerNU Online News Service, Nov. 12, 2004, 5:15 p.m. ESTQuotesmith.com Inc., Darien, Ill., says it belongs to the rapidly growing ranks of insurance sales ...
November 12, 2004
Insurer Hires Merrill Lynch Retirement SpecialistNU Online News Service, Nov. 12, 2004, 4:33 p.m. ESTHartford Life Inc., Hartford, has hired Don MacQuattie to be assistant vice president and director ...
November 12, 2004
Regulators Ask Hartford Unit About Fund PracticesNU Online News Service, Nov. 12, 2004, 5:33 p.m. ESTThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has started asking questions about use of "directed brokerage" ...
November 12, 2004
Boston Man's Alleged Trail of Deception May Reach an EndBOSTON (HedgeWorld.com)--For the past 10 years, Treyton L. Thomas has moved through life claiming to be a fabulously successful hedge fund manager, dispenser of political wisdom, philosopher, ace student and fountain of business insight. But according to civil charges filed Nov. 1 by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Thomas...
November 12, 2004
Spitzer Joins Attack On Life BrokerNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has followed the lead of a California lawyer and filed a suit accusing a San Diego insurance broker ...
November 12, 2004
Fremont Investment Advisors Settles Market-Timing, Late-Trading ChargesSAN FRANCISCO (HedgeWorld.com)--Fremont Investment Advisors Inc. agreed to pay US$4.1 million and reform its corporate governance practices in order to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York State Attorney General's Office that it allowed market timing and late trading of shares in its mutual funds....