Monday, December 3, 2012

SAC's Cohen shows no signs of retreat despite scandal

Hedge fund industry titan Steven A. Cohen appears to have made up his mind about one thing - he has no plans to do anything but run his $14 billion SAC Capital Advisors even as U.S. authorities are breathing down his neck, according to Reuters.

Over the past week, Cohen, long envied on Wall Street for his years of double-digit returns, has absorbed a one-two punch as yet another of his former managers was arrested on insider trading charges and U.S. securities regulators warned they may file civil charges against his 20-year-old hedge fund firm.

For many managers, this kind of news would have been personally devastating and might have prompted a retreat.  But if anyone thought the 56-year-old billionaire might use the heightened regulatory scrutiny as reason to retire early…..

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/03/uk-hedgefunds-sac-cohen-idUKBRE8B204R20121203

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