John Kinnucan’s questioning by the FBI in a broad insider-trading investigation has put the spotlight on money managers and their use of a burgeoning breed of firms selling research and access to industry experts.
Kinnucan runs Broadband Research LLC from his home in Portland, Oregon, digging up data on technology companies for hedge funds and mutual funds looking for an edge in the stock market. Several firms he identified as clients, including SAC Capital Advisors LP, Wellington Management Co. and Janus Capital Group Inc., have been asked for documents as part of the federal probe in which three hedge funds were raided on Nov. 22.
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