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☆ A small New York hedge fund has secretly managed $7 billion for a Russian oligarch for over a decade, the SEC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The SEC this week charged a small New York hedge fund with acting as an unregistered investment advisor. Concord Management earned tens of millions of dollars advising a Russian tycoon, the SEC said. The New York Times said the businessman in question was the former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. The regulator added that since 1999, Concord had made over $80 million managing the client's assets, which, as of January 2022, were worth $7.2 billion. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Concord had managed money for the oligarch Roman Abramovich, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Persons: Roman Abramovich, Michael Matlin, Matlin, Abramovich, Vladimir Putin Organizations: SEC, Concord Management, The New York Times, Chelsea FC, Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, Russian, Russian Federation, New York Times, Concord, European Union, English Locations: York, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Westchester County, Concord, United Kingdom, Chukotka, Russia, Kremlin, Ukraine

☆ Regulators Charge Money Manager Tied to Russian Oligarch
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Matthew Goldstein | More About Matthew Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The sanctions forced Mr. Abramovich to sell the Chelsea Football Club, the famed London soccer team. Authorities also froze more than $13 billion in assets held by financial institutions in Britain, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Jersey and the British Virgin Islands. In June last year, the United States seized two jets believed to be owned by Mr. Abramovich. complaint covers activity beginning in 2012 when, the regulator said, the firm and Mr. Matlin, now 59, should have registered as investment advisers. The regulator said that over the next decade, the firm and Mr. Matlin had taken in $85 million in compensation.

Persons: Abramovich, Matlin, Concord, Gurbir, Grewal, ’, ” Jon Hammond, Michael Matlin Organizations: Chelsea Football Club, London, Authorities, British Virgin Islands, Concord, Concord Management Locations: Britain, Cayman Islands, Isle of Jersey, British Virgin, United States, Concord, British Virgin Islands, Jersey

☆ US SEC charges investment firm linked to Russian billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seen in Washington, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Concord Management, Ltd FollowWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged Concord Management and its owner with failing to register with regulators while operating as an investment adviser to an unidentified billionaire former Russian official. Concord Management LLC of Tarrytown, New York, and owner Michael Matlin were operating as unregistered investment advisers to a single client, a former Russian official with apparent connections to the Russian Federation, the SEC said in a statement. Matlin founded Concord in 1999 to provide investment advice and supervise investments in U.S. private funds, the SEC said. The firm monitored investments for the Russian individual until March 2022, when the United Kingdom and European Union sanctioned the unidentified client, it said.

Persons: Jim Bourg, Michael Matlin, Matlin, Abramovich, Chris Prentice, Rami Ayyub, Katharine Jackson, Josie Kao, Mark Potter, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, REUTERS, Concord Management, WASHINGTON, Russian, Russian Federation, Concord, New York Times, Reuters, European Union, Thomson Locations: Washington, Tarrytown , New York, United Kingdom, New York

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