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Aravali Fund Losses
July 21, 2009
The Aravali Fund was recommended by Deutsche Bank and other brokerage firms to income oriented investors who also sought to preserve their capital. Deutsche Bank told it’s clients that the Aravali Fund was a safe investment that purchased investment grade or highly rated municipal bonds and acted as a municipal bond replacement fund. The Aravali […]
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UBS Sues Highland Capital Over CDO Losses
July 16, 2009
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, sued Highland Capital Management LP in New York, claiming losses of at least $745 million in a failed collateralized debt obligation transaction. Highland Capital, the investment firm founded by James Dondero and Mark Okada, failed to fulfill terms of the deal reached in April 2007, UBS said in a breach-of-contract […]
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SEC Charges NY Broker-Dealer In Boiler Room Scheme
July 10, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York-based broker-dealer Sky Capital LLC and six individuals involved in a fraudulent boiler room scheme that raised millions of dollars from U.S. and UK investors who were then restricted from selling their stock, and their investments later became worthless. The SEC alleges that the firm’s founder, president […]
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Twin Cities advisers accused of mismangement
Two Ohio families and their pastor filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis this week accusing some “confusingly intertwined” Twin Cities investment advisers and a dozen business entities of fraud, misrepresentation and other breaches in the handling of their life savings. The eight plaintiffs claimed Trevor Cook, 37, of Burnsville and Gerald Durand, 58, of Lakeville […]
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California IOUs May Be Treated As Municipal Securities
July 9, 2009
The recipients of billions of dollars in IOUs being issued by California soon may have a regulated market where they could sell them. Some of the nation’s largest banks say that, starting Friday, they will no longer accept the IOUs. The banks want to pressure the state to end its budget impasse, but their action […]
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