Goldstein Takes Aim At ‘Bully’ Galvin

It seems Phillip Goldstein has found a new regulatory punching bag.

The manager of activist hedge fund Bulldog Investors, who last year successfully got the Securities and Exchange Commission’s hedge fund registration rule tossed, is livid over what he calls a sting operation aimed at him and his company, and the target of his fury is Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin.