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SEC Fraud Probes Said to Suffer If E-Mails Kept Private – Bloomberg

By Securities Docket on July 27, 2013, 4:24 pm

The SEC is fighting legislation that would trim government access to personal and corporate e-mail kept for customers by third-party providers, such as Amazon.com Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. Bipartisan legislation requiring agencies to get warrants to access e-mails could have “a significant negative impact” on enforcement efforts, SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said in an […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Discovery, Legislation

How to Gauge SAC on the Richter Scale – NY Times

By Securities Docket on July 27, 2013, 4:22 pm

Adding to the difficulty in unwinding a large portfolio is this fact: When Wall Street firms get a whiff of trouble at a fund whose holdings they know well, they are known to capitalize by front-running — buying and selling in advance of the fund’s forced trades, increasing its losses as it liquidates. That is […]

Posted in Criminal, Industry, SEC | Tagged SAC, Web Watch