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SEC’s Aguilar urges tougher hedge fund regulation

June 19, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – A Democratic member of the Securities and Exchange Commission called for stricter supervision of hedge funds, particularly large funds that have an impact on the broader financial markets. Luis Aguilar said the market turmoil of the past year […]

SEC Commissioner Urges Greater Regulation of Hedge Funds

January 28, 2009 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar said his agency should be given the authority to regulate hedge funds after urging Congress “to close the glaring loopholes in securities regulation.” Aguilar, one of the agency’s five commissioners, is among […]

Stock Manipulation Probe Launched After Prices Spike

October 21, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – U.S. regulators are investigating whether investors manipulated end-of-day stock prices to avoid being forced by their brokers to sell holdings. These gaps, which caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to swing as much as 104 points this month […]

Regulators probe stock manipulation by rumor

July 14, 2008 : Permalink

Los Angeles Times- Wall Street regulators are examining whether securities firms adequately police rumor-mongering used to manipulate stocks after shares of Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled last week. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s inspections unit; […]

Investors File Claims Against Bear Stearns

June 5, 2008 : Permalink

The Wall Street Journal – A group of four law firms has filed additional investor arbitration claims against Bear Stearns Cos. and a fund manager alleging the firm was less than candid with investors in one of its hedge funds. […]