Selected Press Releases
SEC Charges New York-Based Fund Executives for Overvaluing Assets During Financial Crisis
11/28/2012
Washington, D.C., Nov. 28, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three top executives at a New York-based publicly-traded fund being regulated as a business development company (BDC) with overstating the fund’s assets during the financial crisis. The fund’s asset portfolio consisted primarily of corporate debt securities and investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).Read moreSEC Charges Oil Company CEO as Source in Insider Trading Case
11/28/2012
Washington, D.C., Nov. 28, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against the former CEO of a Denver-based oil-and-gas company at the center of an insider trading scheme that the SEC began prosecuting last month.Read moreSEC Charges Four India-Based Brokerage Firms with Violating U.S. Registration Requirements
11/27/2012
Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four financial services firms based in India for providing brokerage services to institutional investors in the United States without being registered with the SEC as required under the federal securities laws.Read moreSEC Charges Hedge Fund Firm CR Intrinsic and Two Others in $276 Million Insider Trading Scheme Involving Alzheimer's Drug
11/20/2012
Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Stamford, Conn.-based hedge fund advisory firm CR Intrinsic Investors LLC and its former portfolio manager along with a medical consultant for an expert network firm for their roles in a $276 million insider trading scheme involving a clinical trial for an Alzheimer’s drug being jointly developed by two pharmaceutical companies. The illicit gains generated in this scheme make it the largest insider trading case ever charged by the SEC.Read moreSEC Sanctions Two Investment Advisers for Impeding Examinations
11/20/2012
Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2012 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned two investment advisory firms for impeding examinations conducted by SEC staff.Read more