(October 24, 2023, 12:40 PM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina dismissed a request for partial summary judgment filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its case against a trader it accuses of making fraudulent conflict-of-interest transactions with a private fund he managed, saying the court cannot determine at the current stage of proceedings whether the trader qualifies as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940....