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Posted July 29, 2010 5:00PM PST

Cyalume Technologies Holdings, a producer of chemical lights for use by militaries, police and fire departments, raised $8.5 million in a private placement of convertible notes and warrants. Full Story


Posted July 29, 2010 4:41PM PST

RAM Capital Resources is winding down two funds at the center of a $3.5 million lawsuit by three investors who allege among other things that fund managers Michael Fein and Stephen Saltzstein violated securities law by failing to obtain licenses to act as broker-dealers. Full Story


Posted July 29, 2010 3:49PM PST

PIPE Equity Partners is suing Highmount Olympic Fund in a dispute over the valuation of an interest in a fund managed by beleaguered private placement investor NIR GroupFull Story


Posted July 27, 2010 4:13PM PST

Hovde Securities is arranging a $60 million private placement of common stock, non-voting stock and warrants for First PacTrust Bancorp, the holding company for Pacific Trust Bank of Chula Vista, Calif. Full Story


Posted July 27, 2010 12:55PM PST

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded $1 million to a Southbury, Conn., couple for providing information and documents that forced hedge fund Pequot Capital Management and its ex-chief executive Arthur Samburg to pay $28 million to settle insider trading charges. Full Story


Posted July 22, 2010 11:47AM PST

Hunter Wise Financial Group and American Capital Partners arranged a $3.3 million private placement of common stock and warrants for Buyonate, in connection with the Chinese consumer electronics retailer's reverse merger with China Electronic HoldingsFull Story


Posted July 21, 2010 3:41PM PST

Bank of America Merrill Lynch arranged a $300 million private placement of convertible preferred shares for natural gas gathering and processing firm Copano Energy LLC. Full Story


Posted July 21, 2010 1:13PM PST

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority named Susan Axelrod as its executive vice president in charge of sales practice. Full Story


Posted July 21, 2010 11:11AM PST

Placement agent Atlantic-Pacific Capital hired Mark Olexy, a former director in the alternative capital finance group at Lazard, as a principal in its New York office. Full Story


Posted July 20, 2010 12:10PM PST

Roth Capital Partners is arranging a $3.9 million registered direct offering of common stock and warrants by PharmAthene, a developer of medical products to counter biological and chemical weapons. Full Story


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July 20, 2010

Pick-Up Expected by Year-End

The PIPE market contracted in the second quarter. But the slow-down may pave the way for a revival in the fourth quarter as investors begin to see the recent selloff in equities as a buying opportunity, investment bankers say. Full Story


Upcoming Law to Transform Investment Adviser Oversight

Five years ago, when hedge fund managers fought the Securities and Exchange Commission's ill-fated effort to require hedge funds to register, one of their oft-repeated claims was that only Congress had the power to create such a regulation.

It took the near-collapse of Wall Street, but lawmakers appear to have heard the advisers' argument. Not to mention the constant cry of consumer and investor interest groups to regulate hedge funds. Full Story


Daryl Dworkin, a former hedge fund analyst who pled guilty to securities fraud, implicated the Long Island hedge fund NIR Group and its manager Corey Ribotsky in a scheme to mislead investors. Full Story


Convertible PIPE issuer Cobalis Corp. is suing hedge fund manager Yorkville Advisors for short selling stock in violation of anti-shorting provisions of a PIPE investment. But Yorkville says it sold Cobalis shares long and legally even though covering stock was not on hand at the time of sale. Full Story


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