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Latest News in Capital Markets

  • September 29, 2026

    CFTC Sends Event-Contracts Swaps Proposal To White House

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted two rule proposals to the White House that appear to explicitly establish event contracts as swaps while excluding "casino-style gambling products," updates that could affirm the agency's view that prediction markets are under its "exclusive jurisdiction" and beyond the reach of states.

  • September 29, 2026

    SEC Says Investors Lost $15M In Crypto, AI Scams

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against companies likely controlled by individuals abroad who they say scammed customers out of $15 million involving cryptocurrency trading and fake artificial intelligence-backed bots.

  • September 29, 2026

    Key Bank Policymaking Official To Depart Treasury

    Luke Pettit, a top U.S. Department of the Treasury official who has helped shepherd the Trump administration's financial services policy agenda will step down next month, becoming the latest federal regulatory official to decamp in advance of the midterm elections.  

  • September 29, 2026

    Kirkland, Cooley Steer Transom's SoundThinking Take-Private

    California middle-market private equity firm Transom Capital Group has agreed to acquire SoundThinking Inc. for up to approximately $159 million, the public safety technology company said Tuesday. 

  • September 29, 2026

    Housing Agency Says Indicted Ex-Boss Can't Use Home For Bond

    The former executive director of two Connecticut housing authorities cannot use his home to secure a $500,000 bond in his federal wire fraud case, the Groton Housing Authority and related entities told the state court judge overseeing a civil case arising from his alleged theft.

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