Contents Introduction 2 Early Career 2 The Firm 3 Sales Strategy 4 Investment Strategy 5 The Scandal 7 He was not alone 9 The Markopolos Whistle 11 The collapse 13 Charges and Sentence 13 The Victims 14 2009 Ponzi Schemes 16 The SEC Failure 17 SEC post- Madoff 19 Hedge Fund Transparency 20 Conclusion 21 Bibliography 25 Tables Table 1: List of Madoff Clients (taken from the "The New York Times"‚ last updated June 24‚ 2009) 15 Table 2: 2009 Ponzi Scheme SEC Charges 17 Figures
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When reading Samuel Heilman’s On Being An Insider‚ I was confusing about the article and I have to reread the article few more times. From what I understand of the article is that Heilman questioned himself and wonder if his understanding and explanations were accurate thinking of he has seen with his experience in the field with William F. Whyte. He was faced with the problem of sharing the information with his readers when people confided in him as they told him that it was between them. It was
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ABSTRACT The term “E-Trading” refers to the electronic share trading. It is the process through which online trading of securities(Stocks and Bonds)‚foreign currency and derivatives are traded electronically. There are generally two types of online trading i.e. Business-to- Business trading and Client-to-Client trading. It is a very popular method where the buying and selling of shares is done within some minutes. Generally this share trading market is in a boom in the states like Maharashtra
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Executive Summary This research report documents the findings of an empirical study of judicial findings (of superior courts) relating to the duty to prevent insolvent trading. The duty to prevent insolvent trading is the most controversial of the duties imposed upon company directors. Those who support the duty argue that it provides appropriate protection for the unsecured creditors of companies. Those who oppose the duty argue that it has the effect of making directors unduly risk adverse
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Insider dealing in Hong Kong Although insider dealing has been a criminal offence under section 291 of Chapter 571‚ Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) in Hong Kong since 2003‚ the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was initially slow to prosecute offenders‚ commencing its first criminal insider dealing prosecution only in January 2008. Factors to be considered to commence criminal proceedings In deciding whether to commence criminal proceedings against an alleged insider dealer
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INTERNET TRADING / ONLINE TRADING 1 What is online trading in securities? Online trading in securities refers to the facility of investor being able to place his own orders using the internet trading platform offered by the trading member viz.‚ the broker. The orders so placed by the investor using internet would be routed through the trading member. 2 How can one start trading online? To start with‚ investor needs to identify a trading member who offers internet trading facility and register
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Sakim Lim FI-302 11/25/2012 Trading Game Report Rewarding the John Parulis’s article “what just happened to in the stock market?”‚ government economy plan and Treasury bonds may influence the stock market. And espeacially the government budget increase and government treasury bonds downgraded from AAA to AA+ by standard and Poor’s are important causes for stock market. “Last week‚ the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell by at least 400 points for four straight days‚ a stock market first
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PAIR TRADING STRATEGIES Presented by: Industry Guide: Faculty Guide: Anand Agrawal - 09206 Sulagn Patanaik - 09150 Mr. Vivek Gupta Prof. Devi Prasad Bedari & Dr. Jaba M. Gupta Company: CapitalVia Global Research Ltd. Road Map About CapitalVia Why Pair Trading? Project Objective Scope What is Pair Trading? Methodology Strategy Analysis Observations Findings Limitations Future Scope Pair Trading 1 November 2010 CapitalVia Global Research Ltd. Investment advisory firm Stock tips Commodity
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TRADING BLOCS Trading blocs are relationships between countries‚ generally in the same region‚ to facilitate free trade agreements. Trading blocs include: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)‚ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)‚ European Union (EU)‚ Mercado Comun del Sur (MERCOSUR)‚ and Southern African Development Community (SADC). Southeast Asia has enjoyed unparalleled and astonishing economic growth in the past three decades since the establishment of ASEAN. In 1967‚ ASEAN’s
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Commodities Futures Trading in India Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares‚ bonds and real estate‚ commodities is the best option. What is commodity trading? It’s an age-old phenomenon. Modern markets came up in the late 18th century‚ when farming began to be modernised. Though the trade’s mechanisms have changed‚ the basics are still the same
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