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Heinz Insider Trader Revealed: A Goldman Client
The saga of the Heinz call option insider trade, first profiled here, and the Goldman trail, also first observed here ("Does GS stand for Goldman Sachs one wonders"), just got even more fun as revelations that it was none other than a client of Goldman's Private Wealth group out of Zurich that hit the buy key on those thousands in call options one day ahead of the announcement. From Reuters: "A Goldman Sachs private wealth client is the holder of the Swiss account at the center of an investigation into insider trading in H.J. Heinz Co options, regulators said in a court filing late Wednesday." Alas, and as before, the question of who leaked the inside information to this Goldman client still remains unanswered.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against unknown traders last week, alleging they used a Goldman account in Zurich to buy an unusual amount of Heinz options the day before the ketchup maker agreed to sell itself for $23 billion.
In an SEC application to freeze the defendants' assets, dated February 15 but filed with the court Wednesday, staff attorney David Brown said the commission had been told by Goldman that "the account holder is a Goldman Sachs Private Wealth client in Switzerland."
In another application also dated February 15 and filed Wednesday, Brown's colleague Megan Bergstrom said Goldman had informed the SEC "it does not have direct access to information about the beneficial owner or owners behind any particular transaction or position" in the account.
The minimum net worth to be a Goldman Private Wealth client in Switzerland is....
And now back to regularly scheduled Great Rotation as quadrillions in imaginary retail money flow into a stock market which was, is, and always will be a massive cesspool of inside information, with one name always reappearing at the top.
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why buy the Junes?
Zurich account? ...Even after DC going after American citizens for tax dodging? ...This was probably an American politicians account.
My guesses: (a) John Kerry; (b) Jon Corzine...
They were Senators together, so "both in collusion with each other" is also a distinct possibility.
(c) Eric Holder... I like this game. Lets see what politician receives the biggest Heinz donations/lobbiest reach-arounds.
...Goldman had informed the SEC "it does not have direct access to information about the beneficial owner or owners behind any particular transaction or position" in the account...
A secret numbered-only Swiss GoldmanSachs account, who could've guessed?
they're stalling.
must be a big fish.
0. Not named Soros?
1. Are you a chick? (Martha Stewart Rule)
2. Have you made any political contributions?
3. Which party?
4. How much?
"Goldman Sachs Private Wealth" is a code word for "Stolen US taxpayer funds".
Eric Holder is going to be all over this like stink on...,
Oh..., wait..
Look at Heinz shares for months before the announcement. Looks like somebody had a serious buy program in place.
somebody? I hate to beat a dead horse, but Mister Suck-It-Up has been awfully quiet lately.
http://www.bloomberg.com/image/i.BnpyTsCCBg.jpg
What do John Heinz and John Kerry have in common besides sharing a wife? They probably shared the same coffin in their initiation to the Brotherhood of Death. Of course Kerry would have told his fellow bonesmen in advance. Gotta grease those palms. 322 bitchez.
Holy shit Mr. Munger looks like Jabba the Hut's son. Hey Banzi that's your cue!
If Goldman is being accused of wrong doing, I can assure all of you that Eric Placeholder will personally perform the medical examination of that Muppet cadaver depicted above, and conclude that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the very back center of his head.
Mary Jo White will take her cue from Placeholder's investigation, and the SEC will also clear Goldman of any impropriety or illegal activity.
Case closed.
Goldman Sachs has highly paid teams of lawyers whose job it is to protect the “bank” from lawsuits and/or criminal investigations. And as soon as the news broke on the Heinz transactions, those lawyers were hard at work to find the protection they needed to get Goldman off the hook. Why else would you pay these guys if they can’t at least keep you out of jail?
It looks again as if Goldman is slipping out of the noose.
Fuckup delete. In its place, I'll mention in the context of Heinz what to watch for after a prostate biopsy--(hint: Heinz meets chicken choking.)
...uh, would you mind lifting that rug a bit for me, I am busy with the broom....
@Careless Whisper
How the hell does one file suit against an unknown defendant? Is this from The Onion?
if when you say "the Onion" you mean the federal government, YES its from the Onion.
I believe a water board treatment could extract the information.
Say, just for the record, wasn't the last Goldman Sachs crook to go to jail, Chelsea Clinton's former father-inlaw?
Just asking.....
NOPE ... it was their wives.
See! All is fine here...move along.
Kashya speaks...
LOL. Nice
The cougar on prowl, put some of that HNZ on me...
Dammit, it's ketchup.
Ketchup? Catsup?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biW2i9yK-10
a swift boater or a swift crook.
you are correct that our chief negrotiator at the state department is behind this with a promise to funnel it back to Theresa.
....it is to teach the Russians to return phone calls....they, too, could have profited nicely had they called back....
What's the name of that congressman married to a ketchup bottle? hmmmm
Right on GODISANHFTBOT? Why spend more and buy the June calls? This alone mayby says the tip off guy was not sure of the date or the GS account prick just wanted to make sure he was right or put off the SEC. Pretty fishy smelling all told.
February would have aroused suspicion. This is no ordinary muppet. Sheehs!
HANG THAT MOTHER FUCKER............
Some "shitty deal" that was.
Tx ZH. I was wondering if this was ever going to come out.
"Private Wealth". So that's the codeword.
Anticipation: http://youtu.be/uoLoyg3JKRQ
Well that's okay then. I was thinking some criminal activity had been carried out.
How funny would that be if we found out that new Secretary of State John Kerry was a GS client that benefitted from this insider trade.
It wouldn't be that funny... nothing would happen.
I wouldn't worry too much about THAT ever happening...
Can we ever get 2 days in a row down?? Looks like they are trying to stop it
2 days down = panic time. They cannot have that.
Bernanke is probably in the futures market buying the crap out of it to close it positive.
10 days up in a row is totally fine though - that is what is intended.
Never mind it's a Goldman Client. back to the porn
Dark Pools?
Probably the same group that bought puts on the airlines right before 911.
pods
No need to investigate if they have no known ties to Al Qaeda.
Probably just someone who has access to 'Omnivore'.
http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/what-was-omnivore
Kitler is back!
Your avatar has been missed.
If you remember the 7/7 London bombings there were a shit ton of British Airways shorts piled on in the weeks before that little false flag as well - nobody ever got called out on those either...
...ok, so someone should be checking to see if there were unusual puts bought on Carnival a few weeks ago?
Could be the handiwork of a 'pro-active' short seller?
interesitng to see, what FINMA is doing, waiting for groundhog day or asking for details. Any bets? I hope that the account exec. , who passed the order in the system is already looking for a new job. Unless "this" client was always having this trading pattern. Who knows....
"If you're not inside, you're outside, okay?"
- Gorden Gekko
I am shocked! Shocked I tell you! I can't believe that all tentacles lead back to the squid.
If Goldman doesn't have direct access to know who the owners are in the account, then HOW are they supposed to pay the proceeds of the trade? Or report the gains to the IRS or other (Swiss) taxing authorities? That answer, by itself, should be worth investigating.
slush fund. no reporting. it's distributed internally.
until it's revealed that
is just a numbered trading account of a goldman employee
@Pseudo Anonym
Exactly. It's the fucking Goldman Sachs Prop Desk bonus pool account. When the name is revealed, it'll be something like Kaiser Souza or Dick Fitz or Anna Lingus or....
You know Anna too?
. "Just got even MOAR fun"
FIFY
Another Lubrizol? What a coincidence! How do these things happen? Sokol rides again?
maybe they just felt ketchup was under priced, have you noticed they now "ration" it out?
Its always a good idea to invest in stuff that's "rationed" by the private sector (not on account of govt regulation) betting on govt regulation is filled with perils and should only be left to insiders-like GS.
Kind of like the red plastic Ketchup containers they have in restauraunts so it always looks full even if it is nearly empty; the stock markets are the red plastic container, the economy the little bit of ketchup left.
So another minion gets his wrist slapped. Big deal. This hydra can be killed by cutting off its head, of course like the typical coward CEOs they knew nothing of this and the poor guy worked alone. Right.
GS. Aka Govt. Sax
wow that was pretty quick of the SEC.. are they still looking for who ever bought that shit ton load of way way out of the money puts on Bear Sterns the same day the fed held a secret meeting to decide which banks will receive bail outs and which wont ?
The Goldman account can be directly traced to the bastard child of Becky Quick and Warren Buffet.....Steve Liesman.
A buyer in Zurich with a Swiss account.
How convenient!
they have no clients, only muppets.
Can muppets buy options by themselve?
Only when the muppetplayer let the muppet do it.
zurich gnome, breed of frog legs worth sizzling in frying pan!
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Revenge of the Muppets!
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V-V
Has to be either Hank Paulson or the usual dood, Stephen Friedman.
Bets, anyone??????
Can't identify who it is, huh?
Gimme a water board, a blowtorch and some pliers. Oh, and half an hour alone in a secluded room with Lloyd.
I'll get the name for you ;o)
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You must be a foreigner. We here in the U.S.A. don't go in for those kind of tactics.
Heinz has established a strong system of corporate governance to ensure the Company is accountable to shareholders and the community, and that it operates in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
that's good enough for me and I am sure it is good enough for these illustrious groups
http://www.heinz.com/our-company/corporate-governance/board-of-directors...
http://www.heinz.com/our-company/corporate-governance/executive-manageme...
What about 3G - another illustrious group who without doubt adhere to only the hightest standards
http://www.3g-capital.com/principals.html
http://www.3g-capital.com/team.html
and don't even ask - the guy is a god
http://www.berkshirewear.com/
(BaNZAI is that your work?)
Maybe it was Warren (the oracle) himself. Was he just in Davos running his mouth???
"You fucking serfs need to learn to mind your own fucking business. We are doing God's work and we ain't got time or the need to explain anything to you."
Sincerely
The .001%
So it wasn't just some normal stiff with a Tradeking account that got lucky?
I was SURE it was on the up and up. (RIP: Kermit)
Because private wealth clients with Swiss accounts pay fat commissions and all that damned Kermit did was tell us stupid jokes.
How else are we supposed to make bonus when we can’t let our preferred clients pick securities to short to the Muppets anymore?
Lloyd
No wonder the SEC is acting like it wants to do something. A foreigner or two is involved. If it was just Warren or Lloyd, they wouldn't give a shit. They would just expect the normal cut.
Doesn't have direct access means they would have to pick up the phone and call the zurich office. Or shoot them an email to find out......
Marla Singer: It's a muppet doll. Someone loved it intensely for one day, and then tossed it. Like a Christmas tree. So special. Then, bam, it's on the side of the road.
[Grabs Narrator's crotch]
Marla Singer: Tinsel still clinging to it. Like a sex crime victim. Underwear inside out. Bound with electrical tape.
"The minimum net worth to be a Goldman Private Wealth client in Switzerland is...."
What is it? I have no idea.
Most likely they won't open an acocunt bellow 1mio CHF
Just wondering - who has juridiction in such a case ?
miss piggy would be more appropriate! i wonder whose fingers smell of...pork? do you any beanz and ketchup with that?