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Asset Management - September, 2014

328 articles

• GOP Challenge To SEC Pay-To-Play Rule Axed
• Treasury, FHFA Duck Suits Over Fannie, Freddie Profit Sweep
• Top Momentive Bondholders Flop In Suits Against Juniors
• High Court Ducks Thorny Tolling Clash In IndyMac Reversal
• RE Rumor Mill: Lightstone, Blackstone, R&V Management
• Trader In Simpson Thacher Insider Case Must Repay $3M
• Argentina Deposits $161M With Local Trustee, Defies NY Judge
• After Hedging, Egan-Jones Sticks By Darden In Proxy Fight
• 6th Circ. Axes Funds' Suit Over BlackRock Lending Fee
• SEC Accuses Two Of Illegal Tips On Ackman's Herbalife Bet
• BakerHostetler Partner Ignored Tax Fraud Conflict, Client Says
• John Hancock Pays $244M For Chicago Office Tower
• SEC In Settlement Talks With Evercore Insider Trader
• Impax Boosts Finnish Presence With 2 Wind Farm Deals
• Sun Capital Not Liable For Trucking Unit's WARN Claims
• EBay Adopts Icahn's PayPal Spinoff Plan On Its Own Terms
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Todd Boes
• DOJ Proposal Shows Focus On Individuals In Corporate Crime
• Onyx Traders Can't Kill SEC's $4M Insider Trading Suit
• Stockton Ruling Could Inject Pension Cuts Into Ch. 9
• Kahn Swick Fights To Keep Abbott Fee Suit In State Court
• Morgan Keegan Still Stuck With Majority of ABS Suit
• Argentina Held In Contempt For Debt Bypass Plan
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• ATP Oil Execs Escape Suit Over $1.5B Note Exchange
• Foundry Exec's Betrayal Triggered Inside Trades, Feds Say
• JLL Secures $150M Financing For Hotel Property JV
• CFTC Accuses Trader Of Running $2.4M Investor Scam
• Carlyle Keeps Up Buying Spree With Another Power Plant Deal
• Pre-Dodd-Frank Tipster Fights For SEC Award In 2nd Circ.
• Excel Pays DDR $223M For 3 Shopping Centers
• Allergan Again Blasts Valeant Bid As Investors Urge Talks
• Should FIRREA Whistleblower Bounties Be Higher?
• Deal Rejected In Abercrombie Shareholder's CEO Pay Suit
• Attys Seek $200M In Fees Amid Deals In LBO Collusion Suit
• Lehman Bros. Says It Was Cheated Out Of $1.9M Swap Gain
• Citigroup Cleared To Make One-Time Argentine Bond Payment
• 2nd Circ. Could Resurrect Zombie SEC Whistleblowers
• Pimco Co-Founder's Departure Signals Rough Ride For PE
• HP-Autonomy Judge Rips Investor Deal's 'Staggering' Release
• 7 HSR Filing Reminders From Berkshire Hathaway Case
• Cartica's Merger Suit Dies On Purchaser-Seller Grounds
• Wedbush Hit With Suit Alleging 'Naked' Shorts Scheme
• Judge Won't Split Class Action Over ATP $1.5B Note Exchange
• Hedge Fund Exploring RadioShack Rescue Package
• Wynn Hits Chanos With Slander Suit Over FCPA Accusation
• FINRA Head Calls For More Data-Driven Market Research
• Caesars Strikes Deal Promising Tort Awards To Top Creditors
• Activist Starboard Sets Sights On Yahoo-AOL Combination
• SEC Accuses Florida Asset Firm Of $30.8M Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Jeopardizes Fund's Buy Of $230M Madoff Claim
• Dealmakers Q&A: Maynard Cooper's Greg Curran
• Investor Slams 'Hostile' Allergan Actions, Urges Deal Talks
• Pimco Founder Bill Gross Defects To Janus
• Abbott Labs Wins Nix Of RICO Claims In Humira, AndroGel Suit
• Lawyer Who Deleted Emails In Copyright Suit Owes Attys' Fees
• US Bank Can't Escape Dual Peregrine Class Actions
• Prudential To Take On $3B In Motorola Pension Obligations
• CFTC Accuses Former Trader Of $1.2M Swap Fraud
• SEC Suspends 9 Cos. In Microcap Fraud Crackdown
• Auditor Wants Pa. Pension Funds To Rethink Hedge Funds
• CFTC Finalizes Swaps Rule Fix For Public Utilities
• Freshfields Reps GIC In RAC Co-Investment With Carlyle
• Aussie Watchdog OKs $1.2B Goodman Fielder Purchase
• Starboard Picks For Darden Board Gain Two More Allies
• Allergan Snubs Valeant's Olive Branch, Hints At Other Deal
• No Longer Under Wraps — SEC Wrap Fee Scrutiny Rising
• US To Pay Navajo $554M In Largest Single-Tribe Settlement
• BNP Asks For Sentencing Delay Until DOL Determines Status
• REIT Drops $210M On Data, Healthcare Assets
• Morgan Keegan Bondholders Get Class Cert.
• Bob Evans Has Attracted Potential Buyers, Sandell Reveals
• CFTC Commissioner Warns Of 'Trade War' Over Swaps
• Pimco ETF Returns Draw SEC Probe
• Ind. Toll Road Operator Floats Deal With State Amid Ch. 11
• CalPERS Attacks Atty Fees In HP's Autonomy Settlement
• Fund Managers Must Face The Reality Of FATCA — Now
• Codere Forges €1.1B Debt Workout To Avert Insolvency
• Medley Management Misses $150M Mark In IPO
• ISS Deals Blow To Bramson's Electra Shakeup Campaign
• Valeant Asks Allergan To Open Talks, Tone Down Buyout Fight
• American Capital Closes $1.1B Lower Middle Market Fund
• Dealmakers Q&A: O'Melveny's Tim Clark
• SEC Fines Transfer Agent For Missing Microcap Red Flags
• Bakrie Skipping Payments On $380M In Bonds, Investors Say
• Buchanan Reps Cassidy In Sale To TPG, Other DTZ Buyers
• User Of Failed Tax Shelter Fights to Keep Arbitration Alive
• Barclays Pays $15M To Settle SEC Claim Over Lehman Biz
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Momentive Creditors Can't Halt Ch. 11 Plan On Appeal
• Old Mutual's US Asset Management Arm Eyes $374M IPO
• Ackman Threatens To Sue Allergan Over Potential Salix Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Schulte Roth's Stuart Freedman
• Asset Managers Must Prepare For The Magnifying Glass
• BNY Mellon Resists $539M Argentina Bond Payments
• SEC Welcomes Foreign Whistleblowers Though Courts Don't
• Tower Research Settles CME Claim Over HF Wash Trades
• Valeant Wins Access To Allergan Docs In Insider Trading Row
• BlackRock Pushes For Corporate Bond Market Overhaul
• Troutman Sanders Adds Trio Of Bingham Litigators In Calif.
• Record Set With REIT's £210M Mayfair Luxury Apt Sale
• Parkway Properties To Pay $475M For Office Portfolio
• Wells Fargo To Pay $5M Over Insider-Trading Issues
• Indiana Toll Road Operator Files For Ch. 11 With $6B In Debt
• The Emergence Of P2P Loan Securitizations
• Legal Software Co. Rebuffs Fund's $1.1B Takeover Bid
• Philadelphia Fed President Plosser To Step Down In 2015
• Hedge Fund Owner Who Aided Petters Scam Must Pay $81M
• Momentive To Pay Interest In Cash Unless Plan Halted
• Electra Strikes Back Again As Activist Battle Heats Up
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Petters Feeder Funds, Manager Won't Get New Trial
• Keppel Unit Sells Office Tower Stake To Its REIT For $568M
• Starr Seeks $38.2M Tax Refund In IRS Suit
• FINRA Floats Rules On Recruitment Disclosure, Transparency
• Allergan Defends Redactions In Valeant Insider Trading Suit
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Citibank Appeal Of Argentina Bond Ruling
• Broker Cops To Relaying Simpson Thacher Clerk's Inside Tips
• $400M Sears Loan Won't Stave Off Doom, Credit Suisse Says
• Momentive Noteholders Demand $50M Interest In Cash
• BMO Harris Socked With $24B Suit Over Petters Ponzi Scheme
• LodgeNet Creditors Sue To Block 'Brazen' Restructuring Plan
• JG Wentworth Dodges Former Execs' $35M Tax Suit
• Virtual Bank Founder Must Pay $40M For Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Wants Details On Alleged BakerHostetler Conflict
• SEC Targets 8 Over Penny-Stock Fraud, Banker Charged
• Citibank Warns Of Fallout On Blocked Argentina Payment
• GAO Finds IRS Needs Help To Improve Partnership Audits
• SEC Fines Investment Adviser Over Hidden Principal Trades
• More Cos. Try To Dodge Investor Votes As ISS Looms
• Banks In CDS Class Action To Hand Over Gov't Probe Docs
• PE Funds Ditch Transaction Fees Amid Increased Scrutiny
• Shumaker Guides Health Care REIT In A $1.1B Public Offering
• Ackman-Targeted Air Products Unveils Major Restructuring
• 2nd Activist Confirms Support For Darden Overhaul Plan
• 5 Takeaways From SEC's Filing Violation Sweep
• Holder's Whistleblower Proposal Omits Key To SEC's Success
• NJ Bill Seeks To Block Political Pension Fund Investments
• Renewed DOJ Fraud Focus Should Worry Bank Execs
• FINRA Axes Changes In 3rd Plan For Customer Account Docs
• Ex-Hedge Fund Chief Cheated Clients To Buy Porsche: SEC
• Fed Keeps Record-Low Interest Rate, Cuts Bond Buys By $10B
• Valeant Slams Allergan Doc Redactions In Insider Trading Row
• Spirited CFTC Launches New Uncleared Swap Margin Plan
• BNY Mellon Says RMBS Suit Over Loan Docs Falls Short
• Amsterdam Listing Offers 4 Big Benefits For Ackman IPO
• $450M In Bonds Approved for New Detroit Red Wings Arena
• Va. Sues Barclays, Others For $1.15B Over RMBS Fraud
• Norway Fund To Pay $1.5B For Stakes In Boston, NYC Towers
• Ontario Teachers Buys Out Macquarie's Half Of Bristol Airport
• Activist Hedge Fund Wants DuPont Split Into 2 Cos.
• IRS Memo Raises New Tax Questions For Investment Managers
• Holder Calls For Higher Awards For Wall St. Whistleblowers
• Stilwell Ordered To Comply With SEC Fraud Investigation
• BNY Mellon Loses Bid To Toss Pension Fund's $11M Suit
• AbbVie Investor Aims To Skunk $54B Shire Inversion
• Lehman Slams JPMorgan's $7B Precollapse 'Cash Grab'
• Chancery Won't Nix Claims Over $3B Jefferies Leucadia Deal
• TD Ameritrade Sued Over Routing Of Clients' Orders
• CFTC's Massad Faces Test Of Dodd-Frank Fine-Tuning Pledge
• Bankrupt NII Clears First-Day Motions As Creditors Dig In
• CFTC Pulls SAC Capital's Registrations Over Criminal Action
• Detroit Agency OKs $450M Bonds For New Red Wings Arena
• RE Rumor Mill: Puff Daddy, Blackstone, Keck Seng
• Bernstein Litowitz Wants Later Opt-Out Deadline In AIG Deal
• Carlyle Doubles Down On Islamorada Hotels In Fla. Keys
• Scotland — The 'Succession Event' Question
• CalPERS Made $6.7B In Real Estate Commitments In July
• Scottish 'Yes' Vote Could Put Debt Markets On Pause
• SL Green, Moinian Score $470M In Sale Of NYC Office Tower
• Schumer Argues New Liquidity Rule Harms Municipal Bonds
• Market Rumors: Alibaba, Barclays, InBev
• Investcorp Pays $250M To Pick Up Fla., NC Properties
• SEC's Gallagher Calls For Bond Market Overhaul
• CBS Outdoor Plans $550M Offering To Fund Billboard Buys
• Struggling Sears Taps CEO's Hedge Fund For $400M Loan
• CFTC Beats Bulk Of Suit Over Cross-Border Swaps Rules
• Simpson Thacher, Wachtell Lipton Guide $4.3B REIT Merger
• Allergan Compromises With Valeant, Ackman On Meeting
• Bandfield Confirms Aggressive FATCA Enforcement Tactics
• Nextel Carrier NII Hits Ch. 11 After Creditor Talks Stumble
• CalPERS To End Costly $4B Hedge Fund Investment Program
• Magazine Wholesaler Cancels Ch. 11 Auction, Sells For $24M
• FINRA Rules On Deutsche Bank Employment Practices
• Darden Blasts Investors' Olive Garden Breadsticks Dig
• Dubai To Build $1.4B Royal Atlantis Resort By 2018
• Weatherford Investors Again Denied Internal Tax Audit Docs
• CFTC, Ex-Amaranth Trader To Settle Manipulation Charges
• Investec Unloads $877M Mortgage Biz In Sale To Loan Star
• RLJ Shells Out $77M For DoubleTree Resort In Fla.
• Convicted Insider Traders Ordered To Pay £3.25M In UK Case
• Ann Taylor Rebuffs Latest Activist Push For $3B Sale
• Bankrate Discloses SEC Probe As CFO Steps Down
• Ackman's Pershing Square Plans $2B Fund IPO In Amsterdam
• Burger King Foiled German Sale Agreement, Investor Says
• Christie Hit With Complaint Over Pension Fund Investments
• PwC To Pay $10.5M As Part Of AIG Class Action Deal
• SEC Tells Judge Pay-To-Play Limits Are Fair
• Chancery Won't Cancel Trial In Allergan Fight With Ackman
• Fed Creates New Financial Stability Committee
• Suit Says UBS Closed Secret Bank Accounts, Kept Funds
• Ex-Penny Stock CEO Barred, Fined In SEC Settlement
• Harbinger Reveals $460M For LightSquared Split-Up Plan
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Caesars Launches Restructuring Talks With Top Creditors
• Jones Day Lures Ex-Paul Hastings Capital Markets Partner
• Foreign Banks Could See ISIS-Related Sanctions Under Bill
• SEC Asks Court To Enforce Ex-Hedge Fund Chief's $5M Fine
• CFTC Gives Bitcoin A Boost As First Swap Platform Approved
• Olive Garden Hit For Being Too Free With The Breadsticks
• SEC Official Warns Hedge Funds On Mutual Fund Crossovers
• S&P Must Open Records On Financial Crisis-Era Ratings
• CFTC Inches Hedge Funds Closer To Bus Ads
• Ackman's Investor Support Tips Allergan Meeting Fight
• High-Profile Hostile Plays Reinforce Bright M&A Outlook
• SEC Settles Heart-Monitoring Co.'s Stock-Inflation Case
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• PE Fund Terms Pushing Investors Away, Study Finds
• PE Shop Electra Stands Firm Against Bramson Proxy Play
• Argentine Congress Authorizes End-Run Debt Payments
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• OPINION: SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule Should Be Upheld
• CalPERS Can't Ditch Retiree Class Action Over Late Payments
• Principal Investment Groups Can't Dodge Excessive Fee Suit
• Argentina Judge Punts On Enforcing Citi Subpoena
• Wedbush, SEC Near Settlement Of Market Access Case
• Paramount Pays Rockefeller $395M For SF Office Building
• AngloGold Seeks $2B Issuance As It Announces Spinoff
• Digital Realty Forms $188M JV With Griffin Capital REIT
• MF Global Highlights D&O Insurance Issues In Bankruptcy
• SEC's Muni Disclosure Rules Kick In For Underwriters
• REIT AvalonBay Kicks Off Public Offering Of 4.5M Shares
• Attys Jockey For Fees In Simon Property CEO Bonus Suits
• Bear Stearns Workers With Unexercised Stock Options Get Zip
• Prologis Nabs 2.5M Sq. Ft. Of European Logistics Property
• 3 Lessons Learned As Darden Proxy Fight Heats Up
• CFTC Says Atty Aided Precious Metals Investment Scam
• Weil Boosts Finance Team With Ex-Ashurst PE, M&A Pro
• Sheppard Mullin Hit With Fraud Suit Over $8M Judgment
• CFTC Data Capabilities Lagging, New ISDA Chief Warns
• BGC Partners Offers $675M Counterbid For GFI Group
• Morgan Stanley Pays $95M To End Pension Fund MBS Claims
• Argentina Asks 2nd Circ. To Allow $8B In Citibank Payments
• Fed Amping Up Capital Surcharge For Biggest US Banks
• SEC Says Financial Adviser Pilfered $1M From Hedge Funds
• SEC's Mutual Fund Monitoring Plan Risks Data Deluge
• Edwards Wildman Taps Ex-Fortress Atty For NYC Office
• Alibaba's Deal-Making Strategy To See Scrutiny Amid IPO
• SEC, Republican Groups Trade Barbs On Pay-To-Play Suit
• Brennan, Arch Street Launch $300M Industrial Properties JV
• $1.2B Goodman Fielder Buyout Delayed By China's Regulators
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Gets 9 Years For $275M Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Xerox Win In Class Action Over Reorg
• Australia's Woolworths Sells $560M Hotel Portfolio To JV
• SEC Refuses To Exempt Brooklyn Capital From Disclosure
• Liquid Alternative Investments Climbing Fast, Study Says
• Tax Shelter Funds Blast US Bid To 'Create New Law'
• Canadian Solar Teams With Chinese Co. To Start $800M Fund
• Jana Gets Walgreen Board Seats After Failed Inversion Push
• What Investment Advisers Can Learn From TL Ventures Case
• Madoff Trustee Wants 2nd Circ. Review of Merkin Decision
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Can't Nix Claims In SEC Pay-to-Play Suit
• Haynes And Boone Adds K&L Gates Securities Expert
• 3 Hedge Fund Managers Get Prison For $40M Ponzi Scheme
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, MoFo, Weil, Skadden
• Ex-Foundry Exec Rejects Plea Deal In Insider Trading Case
• 5 Things To Watch For At Ex-SAC Trader's Sentencing
• SEC Gives Up Fight To Make SIPC Repay Stanford Victims
• Momentive Make-Whole Ruling Sends Investors Scrambling
• Auditor Can't Slip Investors' Madoff Malpractice Claims
• Chesapeake Buoys $147M SF Hotel Buy With Public Offering
• Banks Need $644B Collateral Under New Swaps Rule: OCC
• $20M Asset Freeze Stays Intact In BC Capital Fraud Suit
• Allergan OKs Shareholder Meeting In Win For Valeant, Ackman
• New Tax Guidance Is REIT-Friendly
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• MF Global Execs Win D&O Coverage Windfall
• McDermott Says Antioch Negligence Claim Should Be Nixed
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO's Sentence Largely Upheld
• Paul Hastings Guides Salesforce In Uber Venture's SF Buy
• Argentine Senate Passes Bond End Run Around US Courts
• Market Rumors: Hootsuite, Alibaba, ChiNext
• Ireland's NAMA To Inject $2B Into Dublin Docklands
• GOP Lawmakers Say SIFI Process For Insurers Is Unfair
• Fried Frank Lands M&A, Capital Markets Pro From Sidley
• SAC's Martoma Can't Shake Conviction As Sentencing Looms
• 3 Things To Know Before New REIT Guidelines Hit
• EU Central Bank Unveils Surprise Asset-Buying Stimulus
• 2nd Circ. Rules Wire Transfers To US Don't Confer Jurisdiction
• French Court Springs Ex-SocGen Trader Kerviel From Prison
• A Strong Stock Market Leaves PE Looking Weak
• Crafting Credit Facilities For Defined Contribution Plans
• Lawsuits Reveal Risks Lurking Below Surface Of Dark Pools
• FSOC Must Be Stronger, More Transparent, Ex-Officials Say
• ISDA Auction Sets Price On Argentina Credit Default Swaps
• Manulife Forks Out $3.7B For Standard Life's Canada Unit
• Liquidity Rule Compounds Dodd-Frank Headaches, Attys Say
• SEC Wins Permanent Ban On Ex-Urban CEO For Microcap Plot
• Occidental Petroleum Unit Raising $5B For Spin-Off
• DOJ's No. 3 To Leave Office This Month
• SEC Issues Wells Notice Over F-Squared Performance Claims
• Alternative-Trading SRO Slams SEC In Application Row
• Market Rumors: Pershing Square, BNP Paribas, Brazil
• Investors Consolidate Suits Over High-Frequency Trading
• Prologis, Norges JV Grabs 1.6M SF Of Spain Logistics Space
• FINRA Dispute Resolution President To Retire
• ING Nets $1.2B In Sale Of 30M Voya Financial Shares
• SEC Strikes Fear With First Award To Compliance Pro
• Starboard Lashes Out At Darden's Latest Olive Branch
• NJ Asks Court To Nix Suit Over $2.4B Pension Cuts
• IEX Attracts $75M To Back Registration As Public Exchange
• Caesars Accused Of Playing Favorites In $155M Deal
• Regulators Finalize Liquidity Rules For Big Banks
• RE Rumor Mill: Trevi Retail, Meraas Holding, Sitt
• Highland Investor Argues Texas Court Can't OK Creditor Plan
• Class Cert. Denied In Collapsed $2.5B Hedge Fund Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Akzo Nobel, PSP, General Electric
• SAC's Cohen Sees SEC Case Delayed Again
• Allergan Hits Back After Valeant Stands By Business Model
• Darden Offers New Olive Branch To Activists As Vote Looms
• Brigade-GIC JV Puts $247M Into Indian Residential Projects
• Celera, PwC Hand Over $25M To Exit Investor Class Action
• Cushman & Wakefield Nabs Ex-JLL Capital Markets Pro
• Select Income Snags ARCP's Cole Corporate In $3B Deal
• Mary Schapiro Fears SEC Money Market Rules Fall Short
• Compuware Agrees To $2.5B Sale After Lengthy Buyer Search
• 10 Best Practices For Interacting With OCIE Examiners
• From The Book Of Jargon: Derivative