The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved an order granting limited purpose swap dealer (SD) designations to Cargill Incorporated and an affiliate, Cargill Financial Services International. This is the first time that limited purpose SD designations have been granted.
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado has entered judgments against Richard Dalton and Universal Consulting Resources LLC (UCR) and ordered them to pay USD15,842,948, which includes a civil penalty of USD7,549,458. The Court found that Dalton
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil injunctive action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York charging two individuals with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to overvalue illiquid asset holdings of the
A new court ruling in the BVI, based on one of the biggest Bernard Madoff feeder funds, could shake up the funds industry as it provides clarification (and reassurance) for investors redeeming investments from BVI funds that the fund will
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays Bank) and Barclays Capital Inc. (Barclays Capital) (collectively Barclays or the Bank). The Order finds that Barclays attempted
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two Minnesota-based hedge fund managers and their firm with fraudulently funneling more than half a billion dollars of investor money into a Ponzi scheme operated by Minnesota businessman Thomas Petters. This is the
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two multi-billion dollar hedge fund advisory firms as well as seven fund managers and analysts involved in a USD78 million insider trading scheme based on nonpublic information about Dell’s quarterly earnings and
The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought charges against a New Jersey-based investment advisory firm and its owner for misleading investors in a collateralised debt obligation (CDO). The SEC’s enforcement division alleges that Harding Advisory LLC and Wing F. Chau
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil injunctive action in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota against David B Welliver and his investment advisory firm, Dblaine Capital, LLC, for fraud and numerous other violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a record 735 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ended 30 September, 2011. This record number includes many cases involving highly complex products, transactions, and market practices, including those related to the financial
