SEC Obtains Asset Freezes Within Days of Alleged Insider Trading by Three Swiss Entities

According to the SEC’s complaint filed on July 15 within days of the alleged insider trading, Compania International Financiera S.A., Coudree Capital Gestion S.A., and Chartwell Asset Management Services purchased more than a million common shares of Arch between July 5 and July 8, mostly in accounts based in London, England. Immediately after the acquisition announcement on July 11, the firms began selling the recently-purchased shares of Arch common stock for millions of dollars in profits.

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