‘Three fund managers have been sentenced today (20 February 2023) for a large-scale fraud which amounted to losses of $8.45 million which were meant for the people of Libya at Southwark Crown Court.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th February 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The City watchdog is considering fresh guidelines around the sale of private polling data to hedge funds looking to profit from major political events such as Brexit.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Cardiff-based Capital Law has today launched a £50m fund – backed by a hedge fund – to help its clients pursue litigation, in a first for a law firm.’
Legal Futures, 1st February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The disgraced former hedge fund manager Julian Rifat was yesterday sentenced to 19 months in jail for taking part in a £285,000 insider trading scandal.’
The Independent, 20th March 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A multi-millionaire mathematician turned hedge fund boss faces an “astronomical” £19 million pound legal bill after losing the latest round of a bitter and costly court battle with his estranged wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Stephen Hester lays groundwork for penalties expected to be £500m or more.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barclays Bank plc v Nylon Capital LLP [2011] EWCA Civ 826 ; [2011] WLR (D) 235
“In any case where a dispute arose as to the jurisdiction of an expert, a court was the final decision maker as to whether the expert had jurisdiction, even if a clause purported to confer that jurisdiction on the expert in a manner that was final and binding.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“London’s powerful hedge fund community is failing to stamp out incidences of market abuse such as insider trading, according to the City’s top market watchdog.”
The Times, 30th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A meltdown in the credit markets could lead to banks, hedge funds and private equity firms finding themselves embroiled in years of costly litigation, lawyers warned today.”
The Times, 10th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Corporate Britain may have shied away from fighting its battles in court, but the City’s leading litigation law firms are hoping their salvation may lie in disputes involving hedge funds.”
The Times, 5th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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