Reinsurer's Loan to Hedge Fund Not Fraudulent Conveyance, N.Y. App. Court Affirms

NEW YORK — A line of credit provided by a reinsurer to a now-insolvent hedge fund did not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under New York law, a state appellate court has ruled in upholding dismissal of a claim asserted by the fund’s liquidator.

However, in a June 20 order, the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department, found the liquidator has adequately stated a claim for fraudulent conveyance by alleging that the fund transferred its interests in the collateral, allegedly worth over $200 million, to the reinsurer and others to satisfy a debt worth less than $40 million, thereby leaving the …