Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Former Day Trader Allegedly Made $1 Million In Insider Trading Profits
(HedgeCo.Net) A former day trader has been charged with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential information from investment banks and clients so they could trade in advance […]
Credit rating agencies under Securities and Exchange Commission oversight show improved compliance
(HedgeCo.Net) Credit rating agencies under Securities and Exchange Commission oversight show improved compliance, increased information technology resources, and continued competition, according to two SEC staff reports released today on nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). “NRSROs are continuing to display […]
Top Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2018
(HedgeCo.Net) Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends stemming from our contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organizations. The hedge fund industry is dynamic, and participants are best served […]
SEC Charges Operators of $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme Targeting Main Street Investors
(HedgeCo.NET) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors, many of them seniors, in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. SEC […]
Broker Charged With Giving Special Access to IPOs for Cash Kickbacks
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the […]
Bullish on Cryptocurrency industry despite Bitcoin being one of the largest bubbles in capital markets history
(HedgeCo.Net) The cryptocurrency market place is in its infancy stage and will go through tremendous innovation and evolution over the next decade. We expect the industry to experience exponential growth and at some point cryptocurrencies will be commonly used by […]
SEC Charges Operators of $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme Targeting Main Street Investors
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors, many of them seniors, in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. SEC […]
Broker Charged With Giving Special Access to IPOs for Cash Kickbacks
(HedgeCO.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the […]
Digital Display Advertising Firm, Executives Charged With Bilking Investors
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives with stealing more than $2 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court […]
Company Halts ICO After SEC Raises Registration Concerns
(HedgeCO.Net) A California-based company selling digital tokens to investors to raise capital for its blockchain-based food review service halted its initial coin offering (ICO) after being contacted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and agreed to an order in which […]
SEC Charges Firm With Failing to Properly Disclose Perks for Executives
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a biopharmaceutical company with committing a series of accounting controls and disclosure violations, including the failure to properly report as compensation millions of dollars in perks provided to its then-CEO and then-CFO. […]
Former Company Insider Earns More Than $4.1 Million for Whistleblower Tip
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $4.1 million to a former company insider who alerted the agency to a widespread, multi-year securities law violation and continued to provide important information and assistance throughout […]