Asset Management Archive » November, 2019

Asset Management - November, 2019

203 articles

• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC Shuts Down Alleged $5M Stock Fraud Targeting Seniors
• Ukrainian Oligarch-Tied Cos. Want Quinn Off Chancery Suit
• 2nd Circ. Fraud Decision Offers Lessons For FX Dealers
• Capgemini's $4.1B Altran Offer Is Too Low, Activist Says
• Supreme Court's Newest Cases Add Fuel To Explosive Term
• Battle Looms Over SEC's Proxy, Shareholder Proposals
• SEC Docks NY Investment Co. For Selling $60M In Fake Loans
• NYSE Wants To Let Cos. Raise Capital Via Direct Listings
• SEC Proposes New Derivatives Rules On Mutual Funds, ETFs
• BofA Looks To Slip La. AG's Bond Price-Rigging Suit
• Judge OKs $1.1M Atty Fees In Eaton Vance 401(k) Deal
• Colony Capital Pushes Back As Activist Seeks Major Shake-Up
• Fintech Lender Loses First Of 2 Bids To Kill Stock-Drop Suits
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Battles Order To Give Up Half His Bitcoin
• BNY Mellon Didn't Owe Foundation Low Rates, Court Says
• SoftBank Leads $140M Investment In E-Commerce Co. Vtex
• Suit Against Argent Trust Over $198M ESOP Buy Stays Tossed
• Ex-CEO Gets Over 4 Years For Cooking Hedge Fund's Books
• Invesco Strikes Deal To Resolve 401(k) Plan Battle
• High Fees Harmed Entire Adidas 401(k), Ex-Participants Insist
• Bitfinex, Tether Face Fresh Set Of Bitcoin Manipulation Claims
• Funds Fight Ryanair's Bid To Duck Securities Fraud Suit
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• Fired Allstate Traders Can Take Defamation Suit To State Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Greenwald, Parkway
• PE Firm, Execs Look To Dodge $17.8M Stock Scheme Suit
• Qatar PM Wanted To Be Barclays' 'Special Gulf Guy,' Jury Told
• 1st Circ Axes $9.4M Award To Pension Fund In PE Case
• Davis Polk, Wachtell Steer $26B Schwab-TD Ameritrade Deal
• Bank Regulators' Madden Fixes May Not Be Quick Ones
• Crypto Investors, Game Platform Spar Over Delays In ICO Suit
• 2 European Banks Reach $2.7M Deal In Forex Rigging Suit
• Pepsi, Retirees Agree To End Battle Over Pension Benefits
• Telemed Startup Says Crypto Fraud Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Feds Look To Toss Standard Chartered Whistleblower Suit
• SEC, Alleged Fraudster Seek Early End To Binary Options Suit
• Apple, Intel Fight Alleged Backer Of 'Meritless Patent' Scheme
• Union Fund Gets Green Light To Expand Ocwen ERISA Suit
• Chinese Crypto Miner Raises $90M In Low-Pricing IPO
• French Lottery Operator Prices €1.6B IPO At Top Of Range
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hudson's Bay, Charles Schwab, DoorDash
• SEC Proposals Could Be Game Changing For Proxy Process
• Ex-Investment Manager Pleads Guilty To FATCA Fraud
• REIT Acquires Brookfield Warehouse Operator For $253M
• Investors Urge 5th Circ. To Revive Ponzi Claims Against SEI
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Guilty In Crypto Money Laundering Trial
• Disclosure, Transparency Regs Headline DOL Benefits Agenda
• Prosus Urges Just Eat Investors To Back Competing £5B Bid
• SEC Initiative Spurs Record Enforcement Against Public Cos.
• Centra Investors Lose 2nd Bid For Cert. In Crypto Fraud Case
• TPG Co. Drops $71.3M On Atlanta-Area Business Park
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Federal Realty, Argentic
• Woodbridge Ch. 11 Trustee OK'd For Shapiro Prison Interview
• Freddie, Fannie Bond Buyers Seek Cert. In Price-Rigging Suit
• AbbVie Investors Fight Bid To Toss Humira Kickbacks Suit
• NYU Workers Press 2nd Circ. To Revive ERISA Suit
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Got $50M From 'CryptoQueen,' Jury Told
• Alibaba Prices Record-Breaking Listing That Could Net $12.9B
• Warren Bill Presents Powerful Headwinds For Private Equity
• Top Takeaways From The SEC's Banner Enforcement Year
• 'Cooler Heads' Needed In Document Row, Chancellor Says
• Biz Groups Back US Bank In Supreme Court Pension Fight
• FDIC Unveils Draft Rule In Push To Quell Madden Concerns
• Real Estate Rumors: Munich RE, Lululemon, Investors Bank
• Grayscale Files To Register Bitcoin Trust Shares With SEC
• GreatBanc Says Chemonics ESOP Suit Can't Be Expanded
• Citing Oath, Judge Sends Former Och-Ziff Exec To Prison
• Profane Chats Proof Of Forex Rigging Conspiracy, Jury Hears
• From India, Accused Insider Trader Says He's No Fugitive
• 4 Duty-To-Monitor Takeaways For Fiduciaries In ERISA Ruling
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Highland Filing Shows Benefits Of Ch. 11 For Hedge Funds
• Toronto Apartment REIT Ups Equity Offering Target To $320M
• Shkreli Witness Claims Suit Is Revenge For Trial Testimony
• HIG Capital Rakes In $3.1B For 3rd Middle-Market PE Fund
• Use Of Sampling In Royal Park RMBS Suit Ruled Too Pricey
• House OKs SEC Disgorgement Power Up To 14 Years
• Ex-Hedge Fund Trader Gets 40 Months For Mismarking Fraud
• Del. Justices Say Chancery Didn't Bungle $170M Merger Call
• Dura Ch. 11 Sale Plan Approved Without Tilton's Involvement
• Justices Mull Interplay Of ERISA, Securities Laws In IBM Case
• TD Ameritrade Beats Investors' Tax Loss Harvesting Suit
• BofA Fires Back At US Bank's $1.6B RMBS Trust Suit
• Wellington Nabs $393M To Invest In Novel Drug Developers
• High Court's Pass On 1 SEC Case Offers Insight Into Another
• Mack-Cali Scores $300M Loan For Jersey City Project
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Martin Shkreli's Appeal
• Prosecution Rests In Barclays Execs' Qatar-Fees Fraud Trial
• Saudi Aramco Sets Price Range For Potential $25B IPO
• Neil Bush Met 'Cryptoqueen,' Got $300K, Ducks Subpoena
• Outside Attys Want Full Award In $10M Morgan Stanley Suit
• Bank Group's Bankruptcy Estate Gets Refund, Justices Told
• SEC Whistleblower Office Nets $2B Sanctions After Slower '19
• Investor Seeks Chancery Bailout For $121M Damages Claim
• Ex-Nikko Execs Fight To Keep Stock Option Suit Alive
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Cleary, Latham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Goldman Sachs To Exit Bond Price-Fixing Suit With $20M Deal
• Icahn Loses 'Novel' Chancery Doc Bid Amid Proxy Fight
• Callon Slashes Carrizo Deal In Bid To Gain Investor Support
• Real Estate Rumors: Dream Hotels, Zaragon, Carlyle
• 4 Months After Kisor V. Wilkie, Auer Deference Survives
• Ex-GWU Worker Says Old Settlement Doesn't Bar ERISA Suit
• Simpson Thacher-Led Crypto Miner Launches $100M IPO
• AutoZone Workers Say Prudential Funds Cost 401(k) $60M
• Chancery Badly Bungled Stock Fix Ruling, Del. Justices Told
• Bankruptcy Stay Orders Not Final, Creditor Tells Justices
• Navajo Nation Won't Back Tribal Energy Co.'s New Coal Mines
• Seyfarth Can Escape Tax Shelter RICO Suit, 7th Circ. Says
• Alibaba's Potential $13B Listing Is A Big Score For Hong Kong
• Can State Laws One-Up SEC's Regulation Best Interest?
• 'Sham' UN Org Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Crypto Coin Fraud
• US Bank Tells Justices Retirees Have 'No Stake' In ERISA Row
• Bitcoin IRA Regains Account Access In Kingdom Trust Feud
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• NY Judge Makes Criminal Referral After Axing Woori Bank Suit
• Texas Real Estate Firm Looks To Stop Co. From Using Name
• Texas Judge Says 'Too Draconian' To Toss $63M Investor Suit
• Class Seeks Partial Win In JPMorgan 401(k) ERISA Suit
• Saudi Aramco Discloses Climate, Terrorism Risks In IPO Filing
• Real Estate Rumors: Perella Weinberg, Rialto, Garrison
• SEC Wins 'Layering' Fraud Case Against Best Friends
• 3 Firms Steer Cushman & Wakefield's $183.5M Secondary Sale
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• HSBC Hong Kong Seeks Exit From 'Retread' Of Ponzi Suit
• SEC Marketing Rule Changes Increase Flexibility For Advisers
• Linklaters, A&O Steer $694M VolkerWessels Take-Private Deal
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Debt Firm's Owners Sued Over Alleged Control Gambit
• DOJ Indicts 15 Employees For Links To $140M Binary Scheme
• High Court Ruling Against SEC A Boon For Defendants
• BSR REIT Sells 9 US Apartment Complexes For $119M
• Pepsi Retirees Get 2nd Chance At Suit Over Pension Benefits
• Centra Tech Calls Investors' New Class Cert. Bid 'Improper'
• SEC Rule Would Improve Exemptive Applications — For Some
• Pile Of Docs Ties Ex-BigLaw Atty To OneCoin's 'Cryptoqueen'
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Skadden, Pillsbury
• Zohar Funds Want Tilton Suit Sent To Del. Bankruptcy Court
• REIT Target Pays $104M For Facilities Catering To UK Seniors
• Family Of Insider Trading Fugitive Must Forfeit $9M Bond
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Schwab ERISA Arbitration Case
• High-Speed Trader's $67M Spoofing Payment Largest To Date
• SEC Lacks Data To Expand Private Offerings, Committee Told
• Jury Mulls SEC's $28M Fraud Case Against Best Friends
• 3 Firms Guide Nielsen Split Amid Activist Pressure
• Gibson Dunn, Cole Schotz Steer $155M NYC Tri-Borough Loan
• 2 Post-Kisor Rulings Show Auer Deference Isn't Extinct
• Feds Drop Case Against Ex-SAC Exec Ahead Of Trial
• Bipartisan Bill Would Keep Fed Workers' Savings Out Of China
• IBM Benefits Case Veers Into Securities Debate At High Court
• Canadian Waste Hauler GFL Postpones $1.9B IPO
• 5th Circ. Says Oil Co. Owner Must Disgorge $15.5M To SEC
• Goldman Directors' Inaction Key To 1MDB Scandal, Fund Says
• JPMorgan Spoofing Case Keeps Civil Suit On Ice
• Bankrupt Canadian Pot Co. Must Pay Adviser $720K
• Hong Kong Will Let Crypto Exchanges Apply For Licenses
• Adviser Targeted NY Haitians In $2M Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says
• After Cryptoqueen Fled, Bro Faced Death Threats, Jury Hears
• Pa. Justices Urged To Reject Consumer Claim Limits
• SEC's Self-Report Effort Pushes Enforcement Higher In '19
• Where A Litigator's Advice Can Improve Agreement Drafting
• Prudential Accused Of Pricey Retirement Plan Investments
• Morguard Buys Out Chicago Luxury Complex For $265M
• Norton Rose, Torys Steer Coveo's $172M Funding Round
• Merrill Lynch, Raymond James To Pay Back $12M In Fees
• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: IBM Workers' Stock-Drop Suit
• Del. Court Calls For Student Loan Trust Fight Coordination
• SEC Drops 4-Year-Old Claims Against Ex-Nomura Trader
• NJ Broker Accused Of Reaping $28M From 'In-And-Out' Trades
• SEC Seeks Tighter Rules For Proxy Firms, Investor Proposals
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Tells Jury Crypto Job Was His Big Chance
• Litigation Funder Loses Bid To Rein In Concussion Deal Judge
• Father And Son Stole $1.3M In Investment Scheme, Jury Hears
• Citigroup Fraud Suit Belongs In US Court, 11th Circ. Told
• Mass. Investment Co. Did $325M In 'Self-Dealing' Trades: SEC
• Trust Beneficiaries Seek Class Cert. In Northern Trust Suit
• Salesmen Will Repay $1M In Penny Stock Scheme, SEC Says
• Raydon Must Face ERISA Suit Over Plan's $60.5M Share Buy
• Food Delivery Cos. Rework Deal After Competing Bid
• Dual Charges Are A Catch-22 For Ex-Mossack Fonseca Atty
• LeClairRyan, Eckert Seek $100K Fees For $13.7M Ponzi Deal
• Highland Capital Creditors Seek Ch. 11 Transfer To Texas
• $322M Investment Coming To UK's Cambridge Properties
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To SEC's International Reach
• The SEC Should Do More To Fix Proxy Voting Process
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Gibson Dunn Steers Fintech Platform's $473M Fund Closing
• 3 Firms Shape Pattern Energy's $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Brookfield Brings In $9B For 5th Flagship PE Fund
• Morocco Hotel Subpoenas Mgmt. Co. To Enforce $60M Award
• 16 Firms To Steer 9 IPOs Led By Canadian Co.'s $1.9B Offering
• Emory Shielding Too Many Docs In ERISA Suit, Workers Say
• Fund Admin's Parent Can't Escape $40M Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Debevoise
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $300M Atty Fees In Forex-Rigging Case
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• Chat Trick Stymied Compliance, Ex-Forex Trader Tells Jury
• Dura Automotive Agrees To Bring Ch. 11 Case To Delaware
• Del. Justices Nix Investor Appeal In Failed Quantlab Coup
• Chancery OKs Paring Ex-Heartland CEO's Legal Fees
• Ascendas To Buy 30 Business Parks For $1.22B