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Regulators Ask Hartford Unit About Fund Practices
By Staff WriterNU 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" ...
October 26, 2004
Legal Analysis Highlights Need for Clarity in SEC's Hedge Fund RuleNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Attorneys with the American Bar Association and officials at the Managed Funds Association have challenged key provisions of the SEC's proposal to regulate the hedge fund industry and have argued that some of the proposed rules would actually contradict the SEC's own current interpretation of existing regulations. "The...
October 26, 2004
A Compliance Guide to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940Part III: The Registered Investment Adviser's Relationship with Its Clients This article is the third in a series I have designed to give guidance to managers of hedge funds for complying with regulations proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the proposed regulations are adopted, they will require the...
October 08, 2004
RS Investments Settles With RegulatorsOct. 6, 2005 -- RS Investment Management LP will pay $25 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the company permitted rapid-fire trading...
September 30, 2004
The SEC One Year After The Canary ScandalThis September marks the one-year anniversary of the settlement of late trading and market timing charges against hedge fund manager Canary Capital Partners.That case, first ...
September 27, 2004
Anti-Farallon Student Coalition Submits HF Comments to SECNEW HAVEN, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--The campus-based coalition that has demanded hedge fund Farallon Capital Management LLC provide greater disclosure of its investments filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission urging registration of hedge fund managers as investment advisers. The group, which calls itself the Unfarallon coalition, submitted the...
September 21, 2004
SEC May Sue AIGThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has warned American International Group Inc. and a subsidiary that it may sue the firms in connection with ...
September 20, 2004
SEC: Put Information Disposal Rules In WritingThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants investment advisors and other companies it regulates to put their procedures for disposing of personal consumer report ...