Reuters – The Securities and Exchange Commission is in settlement talks with several large financial institutions to resolve investigations into the awarding of municipal investment contracts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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Former hedge fund executive charged by SEC (Reuters)
Reuters – A former top executive at hedge fund firm ValueAct Capital is one of seven people charged with trading on inside information in Acxiom Corp.
Madoff documents reveal incredulous, unfocused SEC (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. securities investigators raised repeated concern over how Bernard Madoff could be running an honest business, but never followed through on the many red flags they uncovered.
US stocks slide ahead of Fed rate decision, jobless data (AFP)
AFP – Despite the return of US economic growth, Wall Street was in no mood to celebrate as it braced for a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and crucial monthly labor data next week.
SEC alleges insider trading at San Francisco fund (AP)
AP – The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit alleging insider trading Friday against the former chief financial officer of a San Francisco private equity fund and six others.
