Financial

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

FBI raids 3 hedge funds in an ongoing insider trading investigation
by Zuzana Zelenakova


Suspicions of pervasive insider trading were the reason behind the recent FBI raids on hedge funds on Wall Street. The raids of three hedge funds including Diamond Capital Management LLC, Level Global Investors LP (both Connecticut funds run by former managers of Steve Cohen´s SAC Capital Advisors) and Boston-based Loch Capital Management gave an impression that federal investigator were worried the evidence could be destroyed. Another purpose was to send out a warning that there is a serious prosecution going on. "I think there is a desire to send a message to people who are not currently the target of criminal investigations that there is a cost to engaging in this ! type of potentially criminal behavior," said Ross Gaffney, once a FBI agent now working for consulting firm Gaffney Gallagher Phillip. Most experts agree on the fact that the main point of the search warrants was to simply scare people. Series of new insider trading cases is expected to be unveiled most probably by the end of the year. Definitely, the federal action sent shivers running through hedge funds. It has been just more than a year since the biggest probe of insider trading at hedge funds in the United States when Galleon hedge fund was charged with conspiracy and security fraud. 23 company executives were charged back then including the hedge fund´s founder Raj Rajaratnam. Now back to the new investigation that could take weeks or months even. "This is not standard operating procedure in a white-collar case," said Ellen Zimiles, a former federal prosecutor who heads global investigations and compliance at Navigant Consulting. "The fact that three entities we! re searched at the same time could mean investigators believe ! there is a connection, or this is a larger investigation. This is a very clear warning shot."

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by Zuzana Zelenakova
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FBI prehľadala sídla troch investičných fondov
by Zuzana Zelenakova


Za prehliadkami sídel troch investičných fondov na Wall Street vykonaných americkou FBI sa skrýva podozrenie na takzvaný insider trading, čo je vlastne obchod s firemnými akciami alebo inými cennými papiermi, v ktorom majú jedinci potenciálny prístup k neverejným informáciám o spoločnosti, čiže zneužitie takýchto neverejných informácií. Prehliadky sa týkali investičných fondov Diamond Capital LLC, Level Global Investors LP a Loch Capital Management a na verejnosti vyvolali dojem, že federálni vyšetrovatelia majú obavy zo! zničenia dôkazov. Ďalším dôvodom bolo vyslanie varovného signálu, že prebieha naozaj vážne trestné stíhanie. „Myslím, že išlo o to vyslať správu ľuďom, ktorí v súčasnosti nie sú predmetom vyšetrovanie trestného činu, aby si uvedomili, že za takéto potenciálne trestné konanie sa platí,“ povedal bývalý agent FBI Ross Gaffney, ktorý v súčasnosti figuruje v poradenskej firme Gaffney Gallagher Phillip. Väčšina odborníkov sa zhoduje, že cieľom prehliadok bolo jednoducho postrašiť ľudí. Dokonca roka sa očakáva odhalenie celej série prípadov insider tradingu. Jedno je isté, vládne konanie rozsialo medzi investičnými fondmi nepokoj a obavy. Od vyšetrovania najväčšieho prípadu! insider tradingu v Spojených štátoch uplynul e! šte len rok aj niečo. Investičný fond Galleon bol vtedy stíhaný, presnejšie povedané 23 vedúcich predstaviteľov vrátane zakladateľa Raja Rajaratnama, za konšpiráciu a bezpečnostné podvody. No a teraz späť k najnovšiemu vyšetrovaniu, ktoré by mohlo trvať týždne no i mesiace. „Nejde o štandardný postup v takomto prípade,“ povedal Ellen Zimiles, bývalý federálny žalobca, ktorý v súčasnosti pracuje pre Navigant Consulting. „Fakt, že tri fondy boli prehľadané v rovnaký čas naznačuje, že vyšetrovatelia si mysli, že tu existuje nejaké spojenie, alebo ide o súčasť rozsiahlejšieho vyšetrovania. V každom prípade je to jasný varovný signál.“

related story (sgx18652): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_insider_trading_hedge_funds;_y...
by Zuzana Zelenakova
for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

FBI prehľadala sídla troch investičných fondov
by Zuzana Zelenakova


Za prehliadkami sídel troch investičných fondov na Wall Street vykonaných americkou FBI sa skrýva podozrenie na takzvaný insider trading, čo je vlastne obchod s firemnými akciami alebo inými cennými papiermi, v ktorom majú jedinci potenciálny prístup k neverejným informáciám o spoločnosti, čiže zneužitie takýchto neverejných informácií. Prehliadky sa týkali investičných fondov Diamond Capital LLC, Level Global Investors LP a Loch Capital Management a na verejnosti vyvolali dojem, že federálni vyšetrovatelia majú obavy zo! zničenia dôkazov. Ďalším dôvodom bolo vyslanie varovného signálu, že prebieha naozaj vážne trestné stíhanie. „Myslím, že išlo o to vyslať správu ľuďom, ktorí v súčasnosti nie sú predmetom vyšetrovanie trestného činu, aby si uvedomili, že za takéto potenciálne trestné konanie sa platí,“ povedal bývalý agent FBI Ross Gaffney, ktorý v súčasnosti figuruje v poradenskej firme Gaffney Gallagher Phillip. Väčšina odborníkov sa zhoduje, že cieľom prehliadok bolo jednoducho postrašiť ľudí. Dokonca roka sa očakáva odhalenie celej série prípadov insider tradingu. Jedno je isté, vládne konanie rozsialo medzi investičnými fondmi nepokoj a obavy. Od vyšetrovania najväčšieho prípadu! insider tradingu v Spojených štátoch uplynul e! šte len rok aj niečo. Investičný fond Galleon bol vtedy stíhaný, presnejšie povedané 23 vedúcich predstaviteľov vrátane zakladateľa Raja Rajaratnama, za konšpiráciu a bezpečnostné podvody. No a teraz späť k najnovšiemu vyšetrovaniu, ktoré by mohlo trvať týždne no i mesiace. „Nejde o štandardný postup v takomto prípade,“ povedal Ellen Zimiles, bývalý federálny žalobca, ktorý v súčasnosti pracuje pre Navigant Consulting. „Fakt, že tri fondy boli prehľadané v rovnaký čas naznačuje, že vyšetrovatelia si mysli, že tu existuje nejaké spojenie, alebo ide o súčasť rozsiahlejšieho vyšetrovania. V každom prípade je to jasný varovný signál.“

related story (sgx18652): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_insider_trading_hedge_funds;_y...
by Zuzana Zelenakova
for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Fed to buy government bonds
by Milota Sidorova


Some analysts said that the reason why Democrats lost past days in Congressional elections was the unemployment. And it is more than considerable that this word is moving policies, public opinions and financial markets. In order to „boost“ the economy that consists also of this unemployment factor, Federal Reserve has announced it would buy $600 billion of government bonds. Fed suggests that it should keep lower interest rates and increase the number of job positions. But at the same time there is no complete agreement even inside Fed. Athough the step to invest into government bonds was agreed on Wednesday by majority of the board, Thomas Hoenig, president of t! he Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City anticipated the move that was according to him „too risky“. The general plan or projection is that Fed is going to buy bonds at a rate of about $75 billion a month until the middle of 2011. The move should be reflected by easier to get loans for banks and businesses. But there is no guarantee that it will really force people to spend more money – since long term projections suggest people have been unwilling to buy and spend more past months and that Fed has already done a chain of „economy boosting“ steps. So far, not a big change. Hoenig is not the only one who is fearing Fed is going to increase inflation istead of the economy. The possible scenario is that Fed is going to flood the economy with hundreds of billions of dollars that were immediatelly printed and it will lower the value of dollar. The green paper has been already on the way down. Fed's chairman however said those „fears were overblo! wn“. Markets reacted with slight growth with Dow Jones I! ndustria l finishing up 26 points about 0.25 percent point at 11,215.13.

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by Milota Sidorova
for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

Cantell TV is the fastest growing provider of digital broadcasting coupled with telecommunications, allowing people to easily control, view, upload and share digital content through proprietary interface coupled with free phone calls. Cantell TV is committed to! delivering infinite choices to your world of entertainment at the tip of your fingers.