Shanghai Police Said to Raid Office of Hedge Fund Firm Zexi
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Zexi general manager Xu Xiang detained, Xinhua reports
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Executives at Yishidun, Huaxin also detained, says Xinhua
Shanghai police raided hedge fund Zexi Investment on Sunday, taking away computers and other materials, according to a person familiar with the matter, in the latest attempt by Chinese authorities to crack down on strategies blamed for exacerbating a $5 trillion stock-market rout.
Xu Xiang, the general manager of top-performing Zexi, was detained on charges including insider trading and stock manipulation, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Two executives at Jiangsu-based Yishidun International Trading and the technical director at Shanghai-based Huaxin Futures were arrested after a police investigation showed they made 2 billion yuan ($317 million) in “illegal profit”, Xinhua reported separately, citing
the Ministry of Public Security. Authorities are also seeking the arrest of suspects who fled overseas, according to the report…