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Ban Lifted, Steven Cohen May Soon Be Investing For Clients Again
The billionaire investor once known as “the hedge-fund king” could soon be managing other people's money again -- assuming investors can look past the insider trading allegations that sunk his previous firm.
January 8, 2018
Supreme Court Says "Gifts" Still Count as Insider Trading
In an 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a "gift" of confidential information to a family member or friend violates laws aimed at curbing insider trading.
December 7, 2016
Senator Warren Slams Wall Street's Top Cop
Elizabeth Warren says the SEC is failing its core mission by allowing Steven A. Cohen back into the hedge fund business just months after settling with the billionaire for failing to prevent insider trading at his firm.
April 21, 2016
Steven Cohen Settles Insider Trading Case with SEC
The billionaire investor known as the hedge-fund king will be barred from managing the money of his clients for the next two years.
January 8, 2016
Appeals Court Casts Cloud Over Future of Insider Trading Cases
The reversal of two high-profile insider trading convictions may make it harder for prosecutors to rid the practice on Wall Street.
December 10, 2014
An Insider Trading Acquittal Hints at New Landscape for Prosecutors
Nothing lasts forever. That's the lesson federal prosecutors in New York were reminded of this week when their unbeaten streak in a five-year crackdown on insider trading finally came to an end.
July 10, 2014
Study: Corporate Mergers Overrun By Insider Trading
A jaw-dropping new study of mergers and acquisitions suggests the problem of insider trading is not only pervasive, but also rarely enforced.
June 17, 2014
SAC's Michael Steinberg Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Insider Trading
The former SAC Capital trader was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for an insider-trading scheme that allegedly garnered him $1.8 million in illegal profits.
May 16, 2014
Can Steven Cohen Move On From SAC's Insider Trading Past?
A judge has approved a guilty plea from SAC Capital Advisors for insider trading, but a civil case now awaits the firm's billionaire founder, Steven A. Cohen.
April 10, 2014
Martoma Found Guilty For Historic Insider Trading Scheme
Former SAC Capital portfolio Manager Mathew Martoma has been convicted for what may have been "the most lucrative inside tip of all time."
February 6, 2014
The Martoma Trial: Five Things We've Learned So Far
From falsified transcripts to a "flabbergasted" witness, Mathew Martoma's insider trading trial has offered new insights into what authorities call "the most lucrative inside tip of all time."
January 24, 2014
How Do You Catch a Trader? Live Chat 1 pm ET Wed. 1/8
Join a live chat on “To Catch a Trader” with producers Martin Smith and Nick Verbitsky, and guest questioner Peter Henning from “DealBook.” You can leave a question now.
January 7, 2014