The Bank of England (BOE) is intensifying its efforts to closely monitor risks in the non-bank financial sector, which includes private equity firms, hedge funds, and asset managers, according to a report by Institutional Investor.
Regal Funds Management Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s largest hedge funds, has been indicted by South Korean regulators as part of an expansion of Seoul’s crackdown on short-selling trading practices, according to report by Bloomberg.
A former hedge fund manager for Jefferies Financial Group is pushing back against a fraud lawsuit accusing him of knowingly investing over $100m of the fund’s money in a Ponzi-like scheme involving water vending machines, according to a report by
Activist hedge fund firm Elliott Associates has lost its appeal against the dismissal of its lawsuit against the London Metal Exchange over the cancellation of billions of dollars worth of nickel trades, according to a report by Reuters.
Capricorn Fund Managers, a London based regulatory hosting provider, has launched a new regulatory hosting platform in Dubai that will offer hedge funds and other investment managers a fast-track to setting up operations in the emirate.
Caroline Ellison, the former Chief Executive Office of Alameda Research, the now defunct cryptocurrency hedge fund controlled by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in a multi-billion dollar fraud at the
A Danish prosecutor has called for a 12-year prison sentence for British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, accusing him of defrauding Denmark of more than DKK9bn ($1.35bn) through dividend tax refund schemes, according to a report by Reuters.
Two Sigma, the US quant hedge fund firm founded by John Overdeck and David Siegel, is in discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a probe related to a trading misconduct case, according to a report by the
The South Korean government has appealed a British court’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit aimed at overturning an international tribunal’s order to pay approximately $100m in damages to US hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, according to a report by the
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has abandoned its legal efforts to revive a rule mandating increased hedge fund and private equity fee disclosures, following a court setback in Chair Gary Gensler’s campaign for greater transparency in the private funds
