Buffett firm helps with SEC probe
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US financial regulators seek information from Berkshire Hathaway, the firm run by billionaire Warren Buffett, in an investigation into insurance products.
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Federal prosecutors have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for information gathered from an investigation of Merrill Lynch &amp; Co's  activities in mortgage securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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General Re Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., acknowledged that it has received a request from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to provide documentation and information relating to non-traditional or
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CHICAGO -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the investment research firm Morningstar Inc. for failing to properly correct inaccurate data it published about a mutual fund, the company disclosed yesterday.
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BOSTON -- Fidelity Investments and several brokerages that handle the mutual fund giant&#39;s trading have received subpoenas from regulators seeking information about gift-giving practices in the mutual fund industry, according to a published report Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos., already under scrutiny from regulators, said it received a request for information from the Securities and Exchange Commission about its Trident private-equity funds.
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Morningstar, the research firm that tracks more than 16,000 mutual funds, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The counterterrorism division of the Justice Department is investigating whether a private equity firm in Boston that manages hundreds of millions of dollars for Muslim investors overseas violated tax laws.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the investment research firm Morningstar Inc. for failing to properly correct inaccurate data it published about a mutual fund, the company disclosed Friday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is examining whether J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. should  have known that the Canary Capital Partners LLC hedge fund was  making improper trades, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company  run by billionaire Warren Buffett, said its General Re Corp.  reinsurance unit on Thursday received a subpoena from New York  Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for information on insurance  products that might help companies smooth earnings.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is investigating Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  board  member David Li over an insider trading case linked to News  Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) bid for the Wall Street Journal publisher, Dow  Jones reported on Wednesday.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating matters related to Merrill Lynch & Co Inc's  subprime mortgage portfolio, the company said on Wednesday.
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Securities regulators are opening up yet another front in their long-running investigation of the mutual fund industry, examining brokerage firms that allegedly gave mutual fund employees lavish gifts in exchange for business, officials said yesterday.
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Federal regulators have subpoenaed Fidelity Investments and several brokerage firms that handle the stock-trading business for the mutual fund giant, seeking information about gifts and expensive perks Fidelity traders may have accepted from the brokerage firms, according to attorneys involved in the case.
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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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U.S. regulators, led by the Securities  and Exchange Commission, are probing how financial firms priced  mortgage securities on their books and whether they should have  told investors earlier about the declining value of those  securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.