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Definition of 'Ivan Boesky'
An American stock trader known for his role in a 1986 Wall Street scandal. Ivan Frederick Boesky was born on March 6, 1937, and after graduating from the Michigan State University College of Law, ended up on Wall Street. He published "Merger Mania" in 1985, and focused on trading stock in companies that were set for takeovers. Shortly thereafter, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Boesky with illegal stock manipulation based on insider information.
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Investopedia explains 'Ivan Boesky'
Boesky made a plea bargain, cooperating with the SEC by informing on some of his tipsters, including junk bond king Michael Milken. Boesky was sentenced to 3.5 years at Lompoc Federal Prison Camp in California, for which he served two years. In addition, he was fined $100 million and barred from working in securities for the rest of his life.
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Search results for 'Ivan Boesky'
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/criminals-of-wall-street.asp
... This article will examine four of the most famous and unscrupulous Wall Streeters:
Michael de Guzman, Richard Whitney, Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken and Bernard ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/fraud-wall-street-crypt.asp
... and Siegel As if channeling the long-dead spirits of Gould and Fisk, Martin Siegel
and Ivan Boesky teamed up to become the center of one of the largest insider ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/11/tracking-insiders.asp
... In the 1980s, Ivan Boesky was one of the most well-known arbitrageurs in the market,
with an uncanny ability to pick out potential takeover targets and invest ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/09/getty-oil-takeover-fiasco.asp
... major players like American financier T. Boone Pickens, and Ivan Boesky and Martin
Siegel, who gained public notoriety in the '80s for insider trading. ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/kidder-peabody-joseph-jett.asp
The 1980s for Kidder, Peabody & Co. ended on a very sour note. Its star banker,
Marty Siegel, was at the center of the Ivan Boesky scandal that blew. ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/corporate-kleptocracy-rjr-nabisco.asp
... The price of the merger was increased when the ubiquitous Ivan Boesky bought Nabisco
stock prior to the merger, signaling the takeover to the market and making ...
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http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1110/November-10-Wall-Street-History-Dow-1000-Death-And-Taxes.aspx
... Boesky Day On November 14, 1986, Ivan Boesky plead guilty for his part in the insider
trading scandal that engulfed many Wall Street investment banks. ...
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http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0709/Notorious-White-Collar-Criminals-Where-Are-They-Now.aspx
... (For more on Milken, read 4 History-Making Wall Street Crooks.); Ivan Boesky:
Consultant Is Barred from Securities Industry for Life No friend to Michael Milken ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/insider-trading.asp
... The Precognition Rat Pack One of the most famous cases of insider trading made
household names of Michael Milken, Dennis Levine, Martin Siegel and Ivan Boesky. ...
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http://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/052202.asp
... For many investors, the term "junk bond" evokes thoughts of investment scams and
high-flying financiers of the 1980s, such as Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken ...
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