Bruce Karpati

Co-Chief, Asset Management Unit: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York

 

Bruce Karpati is Co-Chief of the Asset Management Unit in the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Asset Management Unit focuses its investigations on investment advisers, investment companies, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, and other investment vehicles managed by investment advisers.  Mr. Karpati has worked on several investment adviser investigations involving valuation, performance, insider trading, derivatives, manipulation, conflicts of interest, soft dollars, best execution, disclosure, market timing, and late trading.  Previously, Mr. Karpati was founder and head of the SEC’s Hedge Fund Working Group, and has served as Assistant Regional Director for the New York Regional Office of the SEC.  Earlier, he was a Branch Chief and Attorney in the Division of Enforcement.  Prior to the Commission, Mr. Karpati was an Associate at Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C. Mr. Karpati received his J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School and his B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.