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bloomberg.com - 5/2/2009

SEC Chief Schapiro Wants Authority to Make Hedge-Fund Rules

— bloomberg.com — May 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be given authority to regulate what... hedge funds can buy and how much money they can borrow to maximize bets because registration falls short of what’s needed to police the $1.33 ... (more) SEC Chief Schapiro Wants Authority to Make Hedge-Fund Rules

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google.com - 5/5/2009

The Associated Press: SEC chief says new short-selling rules a priority

— google.com — 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday she is... making the issue of new rules restricting short-selling a priority as the agency hears from an array of interests about ways to limit trades that bet ... (more) The Associated Press: SEC chief says new short-selling ...

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securitiesdocket.com - 5/5/2009

SEC Files First-Ever Insider Trading Case Involving Credit Default Swaps

— securitiesdocket.com — The SEC charged Renato Negrin, a former portfolio manager at hedge fund investment adviser Millennium Partners L.P.,... and Jon-Paul Rorech, a salesman at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., with insider trading in credit default swaps of VNU N.V., an international holding company that owns Nielsen ... (more) SEC Files First-Ever Insider Trading Case Involving ...

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Dealbreaker Weekend Edition: Blaming Hedge Funds
Dealbreaker — ... adding that the SEC would first consult with other government agencies. We would point out to the SEC that hedge funds had little to do with the present crisis, and that, in fact, those firms dying on the vine are the same firms that endured the greatest level of regulation prior to imploding, but reason went out the window long ago when Obama slammed the bottle of Jack Daniels on the table after taking that first big hand and announcing: "I won." SEC Chief Schapiro Wants Authority to Make Hedge-Fund Rules [Bloomberg] (HT: SEG) ...

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