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Galleon Defense Strategy a Puzzling Mosaic
04/18/2011
New York, NY – As the insider trading case against Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam comes to an end, we look back on the case and scratch our heads about the ...
Insider trading charge No. 47 (and counting)
04/15/2011
Joseph Skowron, an ex portfolio manager at FronPoint Partners, surrendered to the FBI on Wednesday after being charged with insider trading. Allegedly, Skowron sold his stakes in a drug company ...
Dire Forecasts
04/12/2011
New York – A pending study has labeled the fund management as ‘overpaid’ and destroying $1.3 trillion in value each year. Sell-side research is identified as contributing to the value ...
Crooks, Not Hedge Funds in Fed’s Cross Hairs
04/11/2011
NYC, NY – Last week the FBI arrested Matthew Kluger, a former attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati; and Garrett Bauer, a stock trader in an alleged insider trading scheme ...
Fusion GPS – Investigative reporting approach to investment research
04/07/2011
Fusion GPS was recently founded by experienced investigative journalists to provide clients with research that goes beyond standard due diligence methods. Through an extensive network of contacts built over years ...
Regulating Debt Research
04/05/2011
New York – A lively topic at the recent SIFMA compliance conference was a FINRA concept release creating more regulation of debt research. The new regulation would create barriers between ...
DeGraaf’s New Research Firm Gets a Pulse
04/04/2011
New York, NY – Less than two months ago, Jeff DeGraaf, Institutional Investor’s top ranked technical analyst for the past six years, left ISI to open his own hedge fund ...
What’s behind the rise in oil prices?
04/01/2011
New York – Recently, Integrity Research Associates interviewed five independent research analysts about the outlook for the global oil market. We asked them to share their views on a wide ...
Your friendly neighborhood SEC
03/31/2011
New York – Briefly mentioned in yesterday’s article was the fact that the SEC has recently charged a chemist working for the FDA with insider trading. The suit alleges that ...
Investorside Conference Next Wednesday
03/29/2011
New York – Investorside Research Association, the trade association for independent research providers, will be holding its Members’ Day conference Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the New York Athletic Club. ...