Looking back at fraudsters Sam Israel and Scott Sacane

In this week’s look back at the archives, AR pulled stories about two memorable hedge fund deceptions.

One Year Ago

York Capital Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management turned to the UCITS III structure fearing that European regulations might make it all but impossible for U.S. funds to take capital from foreign investors. Using the mutual fund-like “Undertaking for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities” was a way to legally avoid any such restrictions by creating so-called passports to continue attracting overseas investors regardless of rule changes.

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