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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August 18, 2017
Banks Shake Singapore Rate-Rigging Claims, For Now
A New York federal judge on Friday partially dismissed a suit alleging more than 20 major worldwide banking institutions rigged Singapore’s benchmark interest rates, saying the investors who brought the case didn’t specifically link all defendants to the alleged conspiracy while giving them time to file a new complaint.
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August 18, 2017
Alleged Precious Metals Scammers Settle CFTC Suit For $5.5M
Three Florida men and their three former companies have agreed to pay nearly $5.5 million to settle a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit alleging that they tricked people into investing in precious metals and then pressured them to exchange those investments for fraudulently appraised colored diamonds, the agency said Thursday.
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August 18, 2017
Judge 'Appalled' At Atty's Letter To Ex-Platinum Employee
The New York federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former Platinum Partners executives threatened to throw the book at one of the defendants' Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys on Friday if she hears more of what she deemed “reprehensible” and potentially intimidating contact with could-be witnesses.
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August 18, 2017
Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Case Challenge Certified To AG
The U.S. government was asked Thursday if it would like to respond to a Wall Street investor’s court effort to unravel Puerto Rico’s historic insolvency proceedings, in which the creditor hedge fund argues that the members of the federal board representing the commonwealth were unconstitutionally appointed.
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August 18, 2017
Chicken Soup For The Soul Raises $30M In Reg A+ IPO
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. on Friday completed a $30 million Reg A+ offering, a scaled-down version of an initial public offering often called a “mini-IPO,” and landed on the Nasdaq in the largest exchange-listed offering under the Reg A+ format.
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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals