The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether certain banks may have broken the rules by tipping off hedge funds ahead of large sales of shares, or "block trades," a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Tuesday.]
The scrutiny is part of a years-long investigation into block trading by some of Wall Street's biggest players. Here is a primer on block trading.
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