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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based investment advisory firm ICP Asset Management and its founder and president Thomas C. Priore have agreed to settle the agency’s charges that they defrauded several collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) they managed. ICP, Priore, and related entities have agreed to a final judgment ordering them to […]
Reliable news sources have reported that Behringer Harvard Strategic Opportunity Fund I and II will report catastrophic losses to investors this Friday. Behringer Harvard informed brokers last week of the fund problems and is preparing to tell investors. Launched in 2005, the Behringer Harvard Strategic Opportunity Fund I raised $65 million and invested in six […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Puerto Rico resident and his company with conducting a Ponzi scheme that targeted evangelical Christians and factory workers in Puerto Rico. The SEC alleges that Ricardo Bonilla Rojas and his firm Shadai Yire raised at least $7 million from as many as 200 investors living primarily in […]
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority hearing panel has hit Wedbush Securities with a $300,000 fine, and issued its president and founder, Ed Wedbush, a 31-day suspension along with a $25,000 fine. The August 2nd decision is a culmination of a range of offenses, inquiries and disciplinary actions dating back over a decade to February of […]
In the two decades before the 2008 financial collapse, the investment banking industry sidled up to state and local finance officials with an offer they couldn’t refuse. Instead of issuing plain vanilla 30-year fixed-rate bonds to build roads, schools and parking garages, why not sell variable rate bonds at lower rates and buy a swap […]