Key Biscayne connection in Madoff scandal - MiamiHerald.com
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:54:37 GMT+00:00
scandal MiamiHerald.com ... including those funds invested in BLMIS [Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC], such as Fairfield Sentry," according to lawyers for the trustee. ...

We All Scream for UCITS? - Hedgeworld (subscription)
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:59:11 GMT+00:00
Hedgeworld (subscription) ... for liquidity and transparency particularly in the wake of 2008's financial industry meltdown and events like the Bernard Madoff investment scandal. ...

Financial reform law includes big cash incentives for whistle-blowers - Los Angeles Times
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:30:42 GMT+00:00
Los Angeles Times It was the massive Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff in New York that convinced many of the need to extend the whistle-blower provisions to the world of ...

Editorial by Kansas Securities Commissioner: Wall Street Reform and Kansas ... - State of the State KS (subscription)
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:18:15 GMT+00:00
Commissioner: Wall Street Reform and Kansas ... State of the State KS (subscription) After Bernie Madoff , Congress is asking state securities regulators to shoulder more of the securities industry oversight burden. When the federal reforms ...

New engine - News & Observer
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:05:59 GMT+00:00
News & Observer The SEC should have seen trouble coming in the trading of arcane financial instruments, and it ignored warnings that a fellow named Madoff was not on the up ...

Excerpt:SEC's Schapiro Outlines Ways SEC To Improve Oversight - IMarketnews.com
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:53:16 GMT+00:00
IMarketnews.com Over the past year, we have begun reforming OCIE in response to ever-changing Wall Street practices and lessons learned from the Madoff fraud. ... Questions for SEC Chair Mary Schapiro as She Testifies Before the House Project on Government Oversight (blog) SEC chief points to stepped-up enforcement The Associated Press

Ponzi schemes beg the question: 'Who's minding the store?' - Norristown Times Herald
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:49:15 GMT+00:00
Norristown Times Herald It didn't all start with Bernard Madoff , but he's certainly become the poster child for ripping off people with investment scams. ...

Obama's words sting CEOs - Politico (blog)
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:31:49 GMT+00:00
Politico (blog) As for Mort, he's a pleasant guy, But was duped by Madoff for $30Mil when it would've taken 5 minutes a month to check his portfolio on Yahoo Finance! ...

SEC vets hedge bets - Crain's New York Business
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:25:46 GMT+00:00
Crain's New York Business The financial regulation overhaul that Congress passed last week requires all but the smallest of hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange ...

SEC is Locked in a Stare Down with Goldman Sachs - SmartPros Accounting
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:23:24 GMT+00:00
SmartPros Accounting Many people scoff at that notion following several recent humiliations, including the SEC's failure to detect investment manager Bernard Madoff's ...

David Brooks' Big Wet Kiss To Hedge Fund Managers - OpEdNews
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:47:12 GMT+00:00
OpEdNews The largest hedge fund in the world was run byBernie Madoff . Many other hedge funds invested almost exclusively in the Madoff Fund. ...

Slap for Goldman but still a win for SEC - Sify
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:32:18 GMT+00:00
Sify At first glance, the $550 million settlement looked like a victory for Goldman Sachs and a blow to the Securities and Exchange Commission and its ambitious ...

Development needs of Sri Lanka Lessons we can learn from other countries - Lankaweb
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:48:41 GMT+00:00
Lankaweb This is similar to the infamous Ponzi scheme by Bernie Madoff but the Madoff scheme was less offensive as it affected the locals only. ...

(7/2010) BOOK REVIEW: Chasing Goldman Sachs By Suzanne McGee - Basil & Spice
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:45:30 GMT+00:00
Basil & Spice breaking news: The Securities and Exchange Commission reached a $550 million settlement with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. that will resolve its lawsuit against ...

What Makes the Top Wealth Managers Tick? - Investment Advisor (blog)
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:22:16 GMT+00:00
Investment Advisor (blog) After the Madoff and other scandals in the past two years, as well as complex investment products that snagged many investors (collateralized debt ...

An Irish Bernie Madoff - Irish Central
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:47:08 GMT+00:00
Irish Central Within a few years, according to the Wall Street Journal, the Securities and Exchange Commission was looking into Quinn's investment schemes. ...

The Supreme Court's PCAOB Ruling and Wall Street's Self-Regulation - Huffington Post (blog)
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:02:57 GMT+00:00
Huffington Post (blog) To be fair, the SEC was hot on the trail of both Bernie Madoff and Sir Allen Stanford; and let's not forget how the federal regulator was working overtime ...

To do 'God's work', bankers need morals - Telegraph.co.uk
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:02:06 GMT+00:00
Telegraph.co.uk That era also had its Madoff , its Bear Stearns and its Lehman Brothers though who now remembers Gerald Caplan of London and County Securities , ...

Banking on better fiscal oversight - San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:51:37 GMT+00:00
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) Overlooked scams like the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme or the sudden bankruptcy of gold-plated Lehman Brothers Holdings certainly showed that the federal ...

As Goldman Settles, Main Street Loses - 24/7 Wall St. (blog)
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:29:46 GMT+00:00
24/7 Wall St. (blog) By some estimates, the penalty is about two weeks worth of profit at the big investment bank. The Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to ...