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SEC $3Mn Whistleblower Award, Berkshire Hit in Ponzi Scam, SEC Hires New Cyber Advisor … And Other Headlines and Headliners

June 5, 2019

- - Compiled by Howard Haykin

 

FINES, SANCTIONS, LEGAL ACTIONS:

 

  • Berkshire Hathaway Scammed by Couple for Millions in $800Mn Ponzi-Type Scheme [Bloomberg]
  • SEC Charges Issuer with Conducting $100 Million Unregistered ICO [SEC]
  • 2 Whistleblowers, Represented by Motley Rice, Split $3 Million Award from SEC [Law.com]

►     SEC Acts in Public Interest and Renders $3 Million Whistleblower Award [BrokeAndBroker]

  • Paul Manafort Set for Jail on Rikers Island, Where He Could be Placed in Solitary Confinement [BusinessInsider]
  • Courts Affirm FINRA Award Via Virtual Naming of John Does In Customer Arbitration [BrokeAndBroker]
  • Wells Broker Prevails Against Morgan Stanley’s Bid for Restraining Order [AdvisorHub]

 

 

PEOPLE & COMPANIES:

 

  • Ahmed Abonamah Named Deputy Director of the SEC Office of Municipal Securities [SEC]
  • Kevin Zerrusen Named Senior Advisor to SEC Chair Clayton for Cybersecurity Policy [SEC]
  • Crypto Entrepreneur to Pay $4.6 Million for Charity Lunch with Bitcoin Skeptic Warren Buffett [BusinessInsider]
  • Fater Belbachir is New Barclays’s New Global Head of Equities - Formerly with JPMorgan [Reuters]
  • Wells Fargo Pledges to Contribute $1 Billion (by 2025) for Affordable Housing [Bloomberg]
  • BNY Mellon Quietly Canned 5 from Bond Team [NYPost]

 

 

HEADLINES & HEADLINERS:

 

  • Redfearn (SEC Trading and Markets): The Nexus of Equity Market Structure and Investor Relations [SEC Speech]
  • SEC Announces Enforcement and Investor Education Initiatives to Protect Teachers and Military Service Members [SEC]
  • Trading Exchanges in No Hurry to Erect 'Speed Bumps' [Reuters]
  • Fed's Powell Signals He's Open to Rate Cut as Trump's Trade Wars Escalate [BusinessInsider]

►     Powell Signals Openness to Cut if Needed Over Trade Tensions [Bloomberg]

  • Cannabis Stocks Fall After FDA Hearing on CBD Finds Conflicting Views Of Substance [MarketWatch]