Balyasny Asset Management under SEC scanner

The Wall Street Journal reported that Chicago-based hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management L.P., led by Dimitry Balyasny, is also one of the funds “whose activities are being examined” as part of the three-year investigation by the FBI, the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office and the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing people familiar with the matter. That firm also hasn’t been charged with wrongdoing.

Calls to Balyasny Asset Management, which also has offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Mumbai, India, weren’t returned. The fund had $1.8 billion in assets under management at midyear, the Journal said.

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