Six arrested over insider dealing

[Jan Klimkowski]

However, just in case there's meat on them bones, here is Zero Hedge's description of the investments of the major hedge fund involved:

Moore Capital Busted In Biggest Ever Insider Trading Raid In UK

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2010 12:52 -0500

Earlier today the FSA announced that in the first ever operation carried out between British regulators and the Serious Organized Crime Agency,"16 addresses have been searched this morning in London, the South East and Oxfordshire in the FSA’s largest ever operation against insider dealing."

Furthermore, " Six men including two senior city professionals at leading city institutions and one city professional at a hedge fund have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a sophisticated and long-running insider dealing ring." And what has just been announced by the BBC is that multi-billion hedge fund Moore Capital, run by billionaire Louis Bacon, is likely about to suffer the same fate as our very own Galleon.

From the FSA press release:

It is believed that the city professionals passed inside information to traders (either directly or via middlemen) who traded based on this information and have made significant profits as a result.

The operation was carried out by 143 FSA personnel together with officers from SOCA as part of a joint investigation that commenced in late 2007.

The BBC's Roger Peston updates:

I understand that the hedge fund raided by the FSA and SOCA this morning was Moore Capital.

This is a huge development as Moore Capital has long been one of the world's largest and best performing hedge funds. The fallout of this case will be severe for hedge funds both in the UK and across the Atlantic.

(Documentation at url)

Here is a summary of Moore's top holdings, which will likely now follow the same firesale fate as Galleon's. The biggest holding: Bank Of America, at just over $534 million worth.

Bank of America: $534 million
Max Capital Group: $223 million
Mastercard: $106 million
SPY: $103 million
EEM: $93 million
CME Group: $83 million
Assured Guaranty: $74 million
Trading Emissions: $58 million
Banco Santander: $55 million
Citigroup: $45 million

And a whole lot of unknown bond and CDS holdings

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/moore-c...ng-raid-uk