US Legal & Regulation

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 »

The CFTC has permitted the offer and sale in the USA of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited's (HKFE's) futures contracts based on the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXC) and the Hang Seng »

The SEC this week announced the institution of a settled enforcement action against BISYS Fund Services, Inc, finding that BISYS aided and abetted over two dozen mutual fund advisers in de »

Nir Yarden has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP as a partner in its New York office. »

The CFTC has filed an enforcement action against American Energy Exchange (AMENX) and York Commodities (York). »