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Latest News in Asset Management

  • July 26, 2024

    Franklin Says DOJ, SEC Probing Western Asset Management

    Western Asset Management, a global fixed-income manager, is facing parallel investigations from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over some of its past trade allocations, its parent Franklin Resources Inc. said Friday.

  • July 26, 2024

    Matterport Stockholder Sues In Del. For Books On Merger

    A shareholder of 3D-imaging and digitization venture Matterport Inc. has launched a Delaware Court of Chancery lawsuit seeking company documents, citing concerns that the business was selling itself to global real estate analytics company CoStar Group in part to protect insider equity from pending litigation.

  • July 26, 2024

    Kinder Morgan Shorted Early Retirement Benefits, Judge Says

    A pension plan inherited by Kinder Morgan Inc. when it acquired El Paso Corp. was wrongly amended to prevent workers from accumulating early retirement benefits, a Texas federal judge ruled, siding with a class of retirees who claimed the changes violated federal benefits law.

  • July 26, 2024

    Chancery Questions $3.5M Atty Fee For Failed Proxy Battle

    An activist shareholder that launched a failed proxy contest at First Foundation Inc. struggled to convince a Delaware Chancery Court judge Friday that the settlement it reached with the Texas-based bank was worth a $3.5 million attorney fee.

  • July 26, 2024

    Tips For Lenders Offering Texas Home Equity Lines Of Credit

    As interest in home equity lines of credit increases, lenders seeking to utilize such products in Texas must be aware of state-specific requirements and limitations that can make it challenging to originate open-end lines of credit on homestead property, says Tye McWhorter at Polunsky Beitel.

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