On Twitter, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) uses “Herbalife Truth” to tell a lie
By Sam E. Antar from Value Walk One of the main concepts I teach about financial crimes is that fraudsters seek to create false images of stature and integrity in an effort to gain the trust of their potential victims….
DMS Offshore Investment Services – Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm
By James Williams From Hedgeweek DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour (pictured) in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the industry’s leading fund governance firms with…
Checks and balances at the top
By Natalie Deak Jaros and Michael LoParrino From Investment News Investors are demanding more accountability from alternatives fund managers In an era of heightened scrutiny for alternatives fund managers, investors are demanding more accountability. One area on which they are…
Who will be star witnesses if dewey case goes to trial?
By Julie Triedman, The Am Law Daily In pursuing their case against four men accused of engineering a massive accounting fraud that helped hasten Dewey & LeBoeuf’s collapse, prosecutors appear to have a powerful weapon at their disposal: email messages…
investors should think twice before blindly throwing their money into a target date fund
By Mamta Badkar From Business Insider FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. The Great Fallacy Of Target Date Funds (CFA Institute) Investors should look at more than…
Second Circuit: Insider trading duty is Federal Common Law
By Thomas Gorman | Dorsey & Whitney LLP The Second Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an Exchange Act Section 10(b) claim for insider trading in a private damage action is based on federal law and applies to the purchase…
Ninetowns enters into merger agreement
Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited Enters into Merger Agreement for Going Private Transaction BEIJING, Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Company Limited (NASDAQ: NINE) (“Ninetowns” or the “Company”), one of China’s leading providers of online solutions…
What new scrutiny of life insurance captives means for advisers
By Darla Mercado From Investment News Regulatory attention means advisers may want to rethink which companies they work with As regulators scrutinize life insurers’ use of “captive” entities — subsidiaries that reinsure blocks of existing business — advisers may need…
