What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2012:

Around the web

Regulators plan safeguards to prevent another MF Global. (DealBook)

Sideways: The self-effacing activists. (Euromoney)

High-frequency trading raises concerns at SEC. (Washington Post)

Lake Front Partners closes after poor 2011. (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

Goldman execs leaving in droves, but Lloyd Blankfein plans to stay for another 2 years. (New York Post)

Bank lobby widened Volcker rule, inciting foreign outrage. (Bloomberg)

New York Federal Reserve said to plan sale of AIG-linked mortgage bonds. (Bloomberg)

CFTC orders D.E. Shaw & Co. to pay fine. (HedgeFund.net)

Romney campaign coffers boosted by further fund manager inflows. (HFMWeek)

Four more indicted in Black Diamond Ponzi scheme case. (Charlotte Observer)

The Hedge Fund Journal’s corporate governance survey. (The Hedge Fund Journal)

People moves

Jefferies prime brokerage senior vice president James Davis leaves firm. (HFMWeek)

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