The genius of US securities laws is that they mandate full disclosure but don’t regulate much beyond that—relatively speaking, of course. That’s one reason that companies from around the world do their public offerings in the United States
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The week started off with some holidays and ended with a big meeting, so the SEC didn’t issue any enforcement actions. However, the meeting could have implications for the alternatives industry
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Financial fraud doesn’t have to involve real money because there are so many cryptocurrency frauds. This week, the SEC went after BitConnect, a defunct cryptocurrency operation. They charged the company and several principals with defrauding investors and offering unregistered securities through both Ponzi and pyramid schemes
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Ponzi schemes are too common in the investment world, and this week the SEC announced allegations of another one. Georgia resident John Woods was charged with using an investment advisory firm that he controls, doing business as Southport Capital headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, to funnel investors into a private equity fund that he also controls, Horizon Private Equity III LLC. Horizon Private Equity has no address and no employees
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You would think that people would understand that insider trading is wrong and that they are likely to be caught, and yet, this week’s SEC actions included two incidents of alleged insider trading. In fairness to insider traders, the SEC is sometimes slow. People may think they are getting away with it, until they are not
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