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Hong Kong hedge fund manager accused of insider trading for HK$1.7M profit

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Prosecutors allege that hedge fund manager Simon Sadler and former employee Daniel La Rocca exploited a bank's lapse in security to profit from insider trading. The alleged scheme involved using confidential information about a major shareholder's planned sale of Esprit shares to sell their own holdings ahead of an anticipated price drop. Sadler, founder of the now-defunct Segantii Capital Management, allegedly made HK$1.7 million in a single day through this action. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Brian Wong ·

    Hong Kong ‘block trade king’ exploited bank lapse to make HK$1.7 million, court told

    A prominent hedge fund manager took advantage of a bank’s “wholesale collective failure” to prevent illicit trading, making HK$1.7 million in a single day by using confidential information to sell shares in a Hong Kong fashion house nine years ago, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday.…

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