Capital Markets
Capital Markets Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on the capital markets sector. Coverage includes stock and bond offerings, mortgage-backed securities, foreign exchange, follow-on offerings, and debt deals, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
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Latest News in Capital Markets
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June 26, 2017
Southern China Livestock Receiver Appeals Release Ruling
A “newly appointed” vice chancellor in Delaware’s Chancery Court erred by tossing claims against the former executive of a Chinese livestock company on summary judgment, the company’s court-appointed receiver told the state’s Supreme Court in an appeal filed Friday, arguing the decision contradicted an earlier ruling by a chancellor who recently retired.
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June 26, 2017
Puerto Rico Defends Methods To Resolve Bond Conflict
The government of Puerto Rico and its federally appointed oversight board is defending a proposal to appoint independent agents to resolve competing claims over the territory’s sales tax revenues, saying in a Saturday court filing that objecting groups of creditors overlook the board’s neutrality and legal authority.
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June 26, 2017
Certainty For Defendants Will Burden Institutional Investors
The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling that suits over securities offerings are subject to time limits that can't be extended by class action filings will give public companies a measure of certainty against unexpected claims, experts said, but will require more legwork from institutional investors to preserve their claims and could gum up courts with premature opt-out litigation.
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June 26, 2017
4 Cos. Bolster IPO Pipeline With Filings Totaling $296M
Four companies represented by four law firms filed initial public offerings totaling $296 million on Friday, including a yoga studio owner, a pet health products company and two biotechnology firms, bolstering an IPO pipeline that is heating up at the onset of summer.
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June 26, 2017
2 Commercial REITs Move Forward On IPOs Totaling $245M
Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust run by asset manager Pine River Capital Management LP, priced a $195 million initial public offering on Friday while distressed property investor Gadsden Growth Properties Inc. launched a $50 million IPO on Monday.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- High-yield debt, corporate bond, convertible debt, and hybrid offerings
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Stock- or debt-funded acquisitions
- Distressed investments and bankruptcy proceedings
- Joint ventures
- Capital instruments, including mezzanine and venture
- Leveraged buyouts
- Real estate investment trust deals
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- UK Financial Conduct Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Corporate governance cases, including those over leadership changes, executive compensation, and shareholder rights
- Competition disputes
- Privacy issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of capital markets practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the capital markets industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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