A State Questions UBS Ties to Hedge Funds
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UBS, Europeâs largest bank by assets, was accused by Massachusetts regulators of âdishonest and unethicalâ practices in dealings with hedge fund advisers.
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New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages.
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The recent woes of Citigroup   have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances  that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major  U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman  Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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UBS AG  has appealed to its shareholders to back a capital injection by the Singapore government and a Middle East investor but warned it still cannot predict how the subprime crisis will play out.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking legal action against UBS AG for possible violations of securities laws relating to work performed for HealthSouth Corp.
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American Funds and Edward Jones &amp; Co. are among the financial firms that regulators are requesting information from in a sweeping examination into sales and disclosure of 529 college-savings plans.
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Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday  raised questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's  handling of an insider trading investigation that involved  hedge fund Pequot Capital and John Mack, chief executive of  Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley .
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Some aggrieved investors are turning to lawyers to pursue possible legal claims stemming from losses at two Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge funds that were virtually wiped out from large, illiquid bets on risky mortgages.
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Andrew M. CuomoÂs campaign for attorney general invested in a hedge fund run by some of his backers.
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Barclays PLC  may have tallied  big losses in a Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge fund that  invested in risky mortgages, The Wall Street Journal reported  on Saturday.
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Swiss bank UBS seeks backing to sell stakes in the firm as it tries to assess the impact of the US sub-prime crisis
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The move to start a formal review of how the U.S. regulates financial markets and hedge funds comes amid concerns over competition from overseas trading capitals.
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Determined to keep its promise to the state's public employees, teachers, police officers and firefighters, the Montana pension system may venture into a high-stakes corner of the investment world: hedge funds.
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The ouster of the president of California's public pension fund has raised questions about whether pension funds will be able to influence corporate governance campaigns.
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A month after federal regulators adopted sweeping new rules for mutual fund oversight, fund trustees remain concerned about their ability to serve as watchdogs over fund managers and others who handle investor money, a new survey shows.
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The vote was a setback for two hedge funds, which had hoped to obtain greater influence in the bankâs future and keep it from selling assets at âfire sale prices.â
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United Capital Markets Holdings Inc. has stopped honoring refunds to investors in some of the firm's Horizon Strategy group hedge funds that invested in subprime-mortgage bonds, Bloomberg reported on its Web site on Tuesday.