Nov 27 2010

Trading for the Client? Or Winning on Its Own?

Jesse Eisinger is a reporter for ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. 8:13 a.m. | Updated The regulatory overhaul of the financial system that passed last summer scored a big victory: It barred investment banks from wagering with their own capital. Some cynics expect Wall Street will find [...]


Nov 25 2010

Trading for the Client? Or Winning on Its Own?

Jesse Eisinger is a reporter for ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. The regulatory overhaul of the financial system that passed last summer scored a big victory: It barred investment banks from wagering with their own capital. Some cynics expect Wall Street will find a way around these [...]


Nov 25 2010

Insider Trading Inquiry Accelerates

John Marshall Mantel for The New York TimesDon Chu was arrested on charges that he helped hedge funds obtain improper information about publicly traded companies. The arrest of a research firm executive on charges that he helped hedge funds obtain improper information about publicly traded companies is the first of what is expected to be [...]


Nov 24 2010

Arrest in Insider Trading Inquiry

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested Don Chu, an executive with Primary Global Research, an expert networking firm, on insider trading charges. The authorities said they arrested Mr. Chu — around 6 a.m. at his home in Franklin Township, N.J. — because he was scheduled to leave for Taiwan on Sunday. Article ToolsE-mail ThisPrint ShareCloseLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxMy SpacePermalink [...]


Nov 21 2010

U.S. Pursues Broad Insider Trading Inquiry

Ed Betz for The New York Times Federal authorities are at an advanced stage of insider trading investigations that could result in criminal charges or significant civil fines against Wall Street traders and executives, DealBook’s Peter Lattman reports, citing a government official. “We are far along in investigations of insider trading,” said the official, who [...]


Nov 17 2010

Bail in Insider Trading Case Set at $3 Million

A French doctor accused of illegally leaking sensitive material about a clinical drug trial to a hedge fund manager will be held on $3 million bail, a magistrate judge said on Wednesday. The doctor, Yves M. Benhamou, will be placed on home incarceration and his bail must be secured by $1 million in cash or [...]