Ponzi Scheme vs. Regulation Cost

Chidem Kurdas

Brokerages can play a key role in stopping fraud. Thus in 2008 Pershing stopped wiring money for its customer, Robert Allen Stanford’s Houston-based company.

Accredited Investor Rule No Barrier

One of the provisions of Dodd-Frank is a change in the criteria the determine who’s an accredited investor. This might have an adverse impact on hedge funds by shrinking the client pool. But most people don’t think so, according to a survey at a conference.