Tuesday, June 21, 2011

JPMorgan Will Cough Up $153.6 Million To Settle The Magnetar Charges


According to BusinessInsider the SEC just announced that JPMorgan will pay over $150 million to settle charges that it misled investors in "CDO Squared."

The charges were that JPMorgan let Magnetar, a hedge fund, select the assets in CDO Squared, and then sold those assets to investors.
The problem was that JPMorgan didn't disclose to investors that Magnetar had selected the assets in CDO Squared, and then bet that those assets would fail…

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-will-pay-the-sec-1536-million-to-settle-the-magnetar-charges-2011-6#ixzz1Pw1rBKuh

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