Insider trading and the world of private funds

PRIVATE EQUITY

I recently attended the International Bar Association's 13th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds in London.

Benjamin Fischer, Counsel at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, New York I was interested in gauging the private investment community’s response to the political and regulatory spotlight shining on both hedge funds and private equity funds. For the most part, the conference participants confirmed that, since 2008, private investment funds, which may have flown under the radar only a few short years ago, are now finding themselves in the cross-hairs of federal and international regulators. Just last year, the United States Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted R...