Insider Trading

Raj Rajaratnam Denies Insider Trading Allegations, Says Trades Were Based On Analyst's Work

Bloomberg | David Scheer, Joshua Gallu and David Glovin | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Attorneys for Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam denied a U.S. regulator's claims he engaged in insider trading, saying he based investments on anal...

Galleon Hedge Fund Demise Caused By Former Beauty Queen

bloomberg.com | Anthony Effinger, Katherine Burton and Ian King | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Danielle Chesi, a one-time sorority sister at the University of Colorado is a small fry compared with Rajaratnam, who managed $7 billion in 2008. Of a...

Roomy Khan, Galleon Insider Trading Informant, Tipped Off Several Other Hedge Funds, Destroyed Evidence

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roomy Khan, one of several former traders cooperating with the prosecution of the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case, t...

Insider Trading: How is a Secret Best Kept?

Mary Shannon Little | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home


Mary Shannon Little

How can any company keep information known to dozens, maybe hundreds, of corporate executives, lawyers, bankers and accountants confidential?

New Insider Trading Cases: Arthur Cutillio, Zivi Goffer And 12 Others Arrested In Galleon Scandal

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (AP) - By Larry Neumeister -- Criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a wid...

The Death of Insider Trading

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

Andy Kessler suggests that it's impossible for investors to get a short-term trading edge. It's better to make long-term investments based on big-picture trends.

Galleon Paid Banks $250 Million For Insider Tips: Financial Times

ft.com | Henny Sender | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


The Galleon hedge fund at the centre of an insider trading scandal paid hundreds of millions of dollars a year to its Wall Street banks and in return ...

CEO Overboard

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

Presumably, there was a glory to betting big and being right. The highs from winning more than trumped considerations of fair play. Of course, there was one problem. They got caught.

Is the Morality Gene Missing?

Dan Solin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

The news reinforces my belief that there is something rotten at the core of the financial services industry. I am not discussing old news like Bernie Madoff. Here are some items that crossed my desk this week.

Insider Trading for the Rest of Us

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Eric Schurenberg

Want to profit from the Galleon insider trading case? Then take the hint: It's a waste of time trying to beat the pros at the stock picking game. They outgun you, and they don't always play fair.

Modern Portfoolio Theory II

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


Norb Vonnegut

What can investors do when their hedge funds implode? The Galleon scandal puts a fine point on this question.

Roomy Khan: Informant In Galleon Insider Trading Scandal REVEALED

Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


The name of the informant who tipped off authorities to one of the largest insider trading cases in history has surfaced. According to The New Yor...

Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?

James Altucher | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


James Altucher

I'm simply raising the question. Could legal insider trading lead to a more efficient market that would ultimately benefit investors and allow investigators to probe elsewhere?

Moral of Insider-Trading Bust: Only Fools Try to Beat the Street

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Henry Blodget

There's a saying in poker: If you don't know who the patsy is at the table, it's you. Next time you feel like bellying up to the Wall Street poker table, therefore, ask yourself again who the sucker is.

Sources: SEC Gearing Up For Insider-Trading Crackdown

Bloomberg | By Joshua Gallu and David Scheer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billi...

Raj Rajaratnam Charged With Insider Trading

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and CANDICE CHOI | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — One of America's wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider tr...

Mark Cuban: SEC Files Notice Of Appeal Ruling In Trading Case Against Billionaire

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission says it plans to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of the agency's insider-trading lawsuit agai...

Supreme Court Rejects Former Qwest CEO's Insider Trading Appeal (WATCH)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver


Update: Watch the 9News report on Joe Nacchio's rejection by the U.S. Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former Qwest CEO Joseph N...

Feeding the Ducks on Wall Street

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Michael J. Panzner

Many of those at Main Street's front lines are following the old Wall Street dictum: When the ducks are quacking, feed them.

The WSJ Tries to Fix Our Mistakes

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


Robert Teitelman

Were we crazy to believe, or at least fear, that we were heading into a depression in December?

Why Mozilo Was Charged With Insider Trading

Michael Martin | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business


Michael Martin

The SEC has charged Angelo Mozilo with civil fraud and insider trading. Civil fraud charges also were filed against Countrywide's former chief operat...

Angelo Mozilo Fraud Charges: SEC Charges Former Countrywide CEO

AP | MARCY GORDON and GREG RISLING | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday charged Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of fallen mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Co...

Merrill Lynch: Australian Insider Trading Claims False

business.smh.com.au | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business


Merrill Lynch, one of the most famous names in banking, has denied allegations that it engaged in what would be the biggest case of insider trading in...

Suspected NYSE Insider Trading Hit All-Time High In 2008

Reuters | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business


Suspected insider trading cases reached an all-time high last year, driven less by hedge funds and more by pillow talk between relatives and friends, ...

Stephen Schwarzman Infuriated Over Blackstone Insider Trading Charge

New York Post | Paul Tharp | Posted 02.15.2009 | Business


Stephen Schwarzman went ballistic yesterday over insider-trading charges leveled against one of his young Blackstone managing directors who allegedly ...