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First Hedge Fund IPR Ready for PTAB Institution Decision Earlier this week, Acorda Therapeutics filed its response to the first of the now notorious hedge fund IPR filings in (IPR2015-00720). In its response ( here ), Acorda points out that unnamed...

Budget & Taxes RISKY PENSION INVESTMENTS NOT PAYING OFF: Hoping to boost their investment returns and shrink looming deficits, public pension systems across the nation have been turning to riskier investments, such as private equity and hedge funds...

Budget & Taxes RISKY PENSION INVESTMENTS NOT PAYING OFF: Hoping to boost their investment returns and shrink looming deficits, public pension systems across the nation have been turning to riskier investments, such as private equity and hedge funds...

Some interesting news today out of the SEC about new enforcement actions by the SEC against hedge funds - specifically, against three separate advisory firms and six individuals for alleged violations initially uncovered through the results of SEC...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22 approved a new rule pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that defines "family offices" that will be excluded from the Investment...

The SEC continued implementing Dodd-Frank this week. New rules were issued regarding hedge fund registration and exemptions. SEC enforcement resolved two significant market crisis cases this week. In one the agency filed a settled action against J...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules June 22 implementing "core provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regarding investment advisers, including those that advise...

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Nov. 21 announced the unsealing of insider trading charges against a former portfolio manager for a division...

The hedge fund world has always walked a fine line when it comes to attracting new investors. And nowhere has this line been thinner than the one between "finders" and "solicitors" - the parties who act as the middlemen in the investor...

Rhode Island has put 14 percent, or $1 billion, of its $7.5 billion in pension fund assets into a form of investment generally considered the exclusive province of sophisticated money managers and wealthy investors: hedge funds. The state is now short...

In one of the most visible moves as a result of the new SEC regulations on investment advisers, George Soros is closing his $25 billion Quantum Endowment Fund to outside investors and returning their money. Why? "We have relied until now...

Most investors contemplating investing in a hedge fund believe they are presented with a set of fixed terms for their investment. These terms are outlined in the private offering memorandum and appear to apply across the board to all investors. However...

Hedge funds were a key subject of debate during the passage of Dodd-Frank. While the funds were not tied to the causes of the market crisis, they do represent large pools of assets which can impact the market. Regulators frequently note that they have...

How much information should be provided to investors about the fund they have invested in? The answer to this question has evolved over time. In the past, limited information was provided on the theory that the manager always knew best and the trading...

Hedge funds usually give their limited partners an ability to redeem their interests at certain periods during the investment period. That ability is often subject to a "gates provision" that limits a quick outflow of capital. The provision...