Tag Archives: broker-dealer
Capstone Charity Event Raised Over $150,000
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Capstone Global Markets First Annual Charity Day, with participation of the New Jersey Nets, was a success, raising over $150,000 for The Jasper Against Batten Fund. On October 1st, The First Annual Capstone Global Markets Charity […]
New Jersey Nets to Join Capstone Global Markets Charity Event
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The First Annual Capstone Global Markets Charity Day will support research focused on finding a cure to Batten Disease, a rare but fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting children, October 1st, 2009. The boutique derivatives broker dealer has […]
$8.8 million paid to clients of former financial adviser
The Tribune – The more than $8.8 million judgment awarded to clients of Jeffrey Forrest has been paid, six months after a financial regulatory agency determined that the former San Luis Obispo investment adviser had misrepresented a risky hedge fund […]
RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Costas launches boutique bank and a 2nd act
CNN Money – John Costas, who helped make UBS AG into one of the world’s biggest investment banks, wants to build a lasting Wall Street player — and put the 2007 demise of hedge fund Dillon Read Capital Management behind […]
SEC draws flak for decision to contact (hedge fund) clients directly
Wealth Bulletin – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to expand its examination of advisory firms to include contact with clients has irked the advisers, according to an investmentnews report. The advisers fear that their clients might panic and get […]
UBS to Pay $200 Million to Settle SEC Charges
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – UBS AG will pay $200 million to settle the SEC charges that the Swiss Bank acted as an unregistered broker-dealer and investment adviser. According to the original compliant, UBS helped certain U.S. individuals to set up […]
Texas Money Manager Charged with $8 Billion Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Texas businessman Robert Allen Stanford yesterday along with three of his companies for running a fraudulent $8 billion investment scheme. "We are alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude that has […]
8th Circuit Rejects Hedge Fund’s Debt Collection Practice
Law.com – The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has become the first circuit in the country to rebuff efforts by a hedge fund to call in a debt based on an alleged technical violation of bond terms in a […]
CSX ‘Welcoming’ Work With Activist Hedge Funds
CNBC – Cramer got a chance Thursday to check in briefly with CSX Chairman and CEO Michael Ward. Ward’s been a regular guest on Mad Money as his company has battled with activist hedge funds fighting to have him ousted. […]
SEC Publishes Text of Rand Report on Investment Adviser
Washington, D.C., Jan. 3, 2008 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has received and posted on its Web site the text of the RAND Corporation’s final report on practices in the investment adviser and broker-dealer industries. The Commission has been […]
