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SEC Charges Pequot Capital and CEO Samberg with insider trading

It’s been a busy week for financial regulators, and a mixed one — at best — for hedge funds.

On Thursday, the SEC said it had charged Pequot Capital Management and its chairman and chief exec Arthur Samberg with insider trading in Microsoft shares. More…

Arthur Samberg’s Pequot Capital to close

This is big. From the WSJ:

Arthur Samberg, among the best-known hedge-fund managers, is closing down his firm amid an ongoing investigation into possible insider trading.

“Public disclosures about the continuing investigation have cast a cloud over the firm and have become a source of personal distraction,” More…