FSA to probe private equity firms
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The Financial Services Authority is to further investigate concerns it has regarding private equity-led takeovers.
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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae is now the target of a formal inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday.
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Britain's financial regulator will step  up scrutiny of investment banks' management of conflicts of  interest and risk in the wake of a number of high profile cases  such as WorldCom, Enron and Parmalat.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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The Federal Reserve Board and other federal and state regulators announced plans yesterday to review the practices of lenders who are significant players in the troubled subprime home mortgage market, which typically caters to borrowers with blemished credit.
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We track the week in private equity in search of Rule Breakers of the future.
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STAMFORD, Conn. (CP) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the operations of a Thomson Financial division that collects information on stock ownership, the company revealed Monday.
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Marsh &amp; McLennan Cos., Aon Corp. and Willis Group Holdings Ltd., insurance brokers whose business practices are the focus of a probe by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, have
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The bosses of private equity firms are likely to face a tough grilling when they appear before UK MPs.
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Morningstar Inc., a US research firm used by 3 million investors to decide what mutual funds to buy, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the company for publishing incorrect performance data for a fund.
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The counterterrorism division of the Justice Department is investigating whether a private equity firm in Boston that manages hundreds of millions of dollars for Muslim investors overseas violated tax laws.
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American Funds and Edward Jones &amp; Co. are among the financial firms that regulators are requesting information from in a sweeping examination into sales and disclosure of 529 college-savings plans.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible fraud or insider trading violations in connection with loans made to risky borrowers, and investments spun off of those loans.
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Congress said it would investigate business practices at nursing homes owned by private investment groups, after staffing at many of the homes was shown to have been cut severely.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: The private equity sector, with its attendant risks to employees, pensioners and tax revenue, should be reined in and regulated.
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A pilot program by the Federal Reserve and state banking regulators will examine firms that account for the majority of subprime loans.
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A slew of private equity deals already under financing pressure from the credit crunch now face added concerns over a potential recession.