Category Archives: hedge fund rulings
SECommission Launches “Project Crypto” to Modernize On-Chain Securities Framework
(HedgeCo.Net) The U.S. regulator has signaled a shift in approach. The SEC has announced “Project Crypto”, an initiative aimed at modernising securities rules and enabling financial markets to move more on-chain. PYMNTS.com Background: In a speech at the America First Policy […]
Hedge Funds Invoke Antitrust Laws
(HedgeCo.Net) Hedge funds are taking an un-usual route: leveraging antitrust legislation in debt-distress scenarios, signalling a new frontier in creditor strategy. Financial Times The story A lawsuit filed in New York sees several hedge funds arguing that certain heavy-handed restructuring deals […]
Regulation Opens the Door for Alternatives in 401(k) Plans
(HedgeCo.Net) A potentially transformative regulatory shift is impacting how alternative investments may be included in retirement-savings vehicles. On August 7, 2025, an executive order was issued directing expanded access to private equity and other alternative investments for 401(k) plans and […]
AI Hedge Fund Summary News – 3/10/2025
The hedge fund landscape saw notable activity today as market dynamics and strategic shifts took center stage. Reuters reported that EDL Capital, a macro-focused hedge fund, has delivered an impressive 17% return year-to-date through March 7, capitalizing on volatile March […]
RBC to Pay $2.5 Million for Proxy Statement Violations
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that RBC Capital Markets LLC has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement for causing materially false and misleading disclosures about its valuation analysis in a proxy statement for Rural/Metro Corporation’s sale in […]
SEC Charges 71 Municipal Issuers in Muni Bond Disclosure Initiative
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 71 municipal issuers and other obligated persons for violations in municipal bond offerings. The actions were brought under the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative, a voluntary self-reporting program […]
Obama Administration Warns Hedge Fund Industry
New York (HedgeCo.NET) Most of the time when you hear that the Obama administration has warned the hedge fund industry about a topic, you automatically think it is in regards to legislation about practices. That wasn’t the case at last […]
Standard & Poor’s To Pay $77 Million For Ratings Violations
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Standard & Poor’s has agreed to pay more than $58 million to settle SEC charges rising from a series of federal securities law violations by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services involving fraudulent misconduct in its ratings […]
$40 Million Goes To Hedge Fund In Credit Suisse Case
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Dallas hedge fund Highland Capital Management has won a $40 million payout from Credit Suisse, the Wall Street Journal reports, after proving that Credit Suisse AG duped the hedge fund into refinancing a shaky real-estate development. “They were […]
Governor Cuomo Vetoes New Bill Expanding Pension Allotment To Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Andrew Cuomo, the Governor who banned fracking in NY state, de-criminalized the use of medical marijuana and signed same-sex marriage legislation into law, yesterday vetoed a bill that aimed to raise the amount of assets New […]
California Hedge Fund Founder Denied Re-Trial
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – San Francisco hedge fund founder Doug Whitman has been denied a new trial on his insider trading case which earned him two years in jail, the WSJ reports. Whitman was sentenced in January 2013 after a […]
Hedge Fund Manager Fined $840,000
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Former hedge fund manager Rajarengan “Rengan” Rajaratnam has been ordered to pay more than $840,000 and was warned against committing future violations of the federal securities laws. The SEC filed civil charges in March 2013 against […]