Category Archives: Hedge Fund Regulation
Grant Thornton LLP outlines key financial reform issues in Dodd-Frank Act
HedgeCo.net (Whitepaper) – The recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) will change the landscape for financial services firms and financial institutions. The Act addresses four major issues: transparency, risk management, accountability and structural oversight; […]
Vizcaya Hedge Fund Ordered to pay $180 Million to Picard in “Clawback” Lawsuit
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund Vizcaya Partners Ltd., have been ordered to pay $180 million to Irving Picard, a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s investment-advisory business by Judge Burton Lifland in Manhattan Bankruptcy Court. The judge said that the hedge […]
U.S. Hedge Fund Reform: Investor Protection Provisions
New York (HedgeCo.net via. Eisner LLP)- On July 21, 2010, after a legislative process that included intensive lobbying by influential interest groups and a partisan minority, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer […]
SEC Pays $1 Million To Hedge Fund Whistleblowers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Based on the new Dodd-Frank Act that was just signed into law last week by President Obama, new legislation allows the SEC to award huge sums to whistleblowers in insider-trading cases such as the one against […]
SEC Seeks Comments on Hedge Fund Regulation Under the Dodd-Frank Act
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has opened a page for investors and hedge fund managers to make their opinions and views known on Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before official comment periods are opened. “The Commission […]
Survey: Hedge Fund Experts Doubt The Impact Of The Obama Reform
New York (HedgeCo.net) – More than 2000 people in the financial industry were polled in an extensive global survey which found more than half of the hedge fund industry experts lack confidence in the US administration’s ability to construct new […]
Hedge Fund Implications & Impact of the Dodd-Frank Reform
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds and private equity funds will be impacted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed by President Obama, according to Sadis and Goldberg. The Dodd-Frank Act includes the Private Fund Investment […]
SEC Fines Goldman Sachs $550 Million Over Hedge Fund Transaction
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC warned that “half truths and deception” would not be tolerated on Wall Street, as they fined Goldman Sachs over $550 million, ordering a sweeping review of the companies business standards. Without admitting or denying […]
Former SEC Agent Walks On Hedge Fund Fraud Charges
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A former lawyer for the SEC was sentenced to two years of supervised release, Dow Jones reported. Robert L. Miller had plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud late last year in connection […]
UPDATE: SEC Approves Registered Third Party Marketers Doing Business With Public Pension Funds
Donald A. Steinbrugge – Last week the SEC officially changed its position, voting to adopt new rules concerning public. pension funds pay-to-play practices. The new rules permit managers to pay third party marketers that are registered as investment advisers or […]
