US Legal & Regulation

The Managed Funds Association, the US industry body representing hedge fund managers, has recommended that the industry adopt heightened standards of excellence embodied in the latest vers »

The board of the Managed Funds Association, the leading US industry body for alternative investment managers, has chosen Eric Vincent, president of Ospraie Management, as its new chairman. »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that a federal court in California has entered a consent order of permanent injunction against Montana-based Robert Beasley and Lo »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that a federal district court in Chicago has entered a preliminary injunction order against Bermuda-incorporated hedge fund manage »

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt International, a US law firm active in global financial services, has announced the appointment of Sandra Ezri as an associate in the financia »

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a hearing on September 18, 2007, at its headquarters in Washington, DC, to examine the oversight of trading on regulated futures e »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an official complaint alleging Amaranth Advisors and former head energy trader Brian Hunter engaged in a scheme of price manipulati »

The National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred Cal Financial Corporation (Cal Financial), a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool Operator and Forex Dealer Member loca »

London-based hedge fund manager GLG Partners, which has just announced plans to obtain a US stock market listing through a reverse takeover, has agreed to pay more than USD3.2bn to settle »

Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors and provider of hedge fund indices, has thrown its support behind the tightening of requirements for accredited hedge fund investors pro »