On August 11, 2017, the SEC charged a hedge fund manager with misappropriating investor money between different funds he managed. These improper allocations were used to pay for legal and administrative expenses incurred by certain hedge funds during ongoing litigation with the SEC.
The SEC charged a registered real estate private equity firm with executing a transaction between two funds (“Fund I” and “Fund II”) it advised on different terms than what was disclosed to the Fund I investor advisory committee (“Fund I IAC”).