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Asset Management - September, 2015

309 articles

• Kingate Defends Quick Appeal Bid In $825M Madoff Clawback
• Pension Fund Loses Bid To Punish Symbol For Missing Docs
• Monde Nissin Pays Exponent PE $832M For Quorn Foods
• Board's Knowledge Key To 2nd Circ. 'London Whale' Appeal
• F-Squared Bankruptcy Probe Refused For IP Row
• CORRECTED: American Apparel, Hedge Fund Beat $50M Pair Of Ex-CEO's Suits
• Tricon Capital Pumps Brakes On New Unit's $105M IPO Plans
• Madoff Bankruptcy Judge Wary Of Customers' Intervention Bid
• EU Rolls Out Rules Aimed At Healthy Securitization Market
• Hudson Pacific Strikes $90M Deal To Sell Calif. Office Plaza
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Westcore, Deutsche Bank
• SEC's Stein Fumes Over Slow Audit Trail Rollout
• SEC Fines High-Speed Trader $8M Over Order Rule Violations
• What Jarkesy Means For SEC Admin Court Challenges
• Starboard Urges Change At Advance After Nabbing 3.7% Stake
• The Problems With SEC's Cybersecurity Approach
• Bass 'Patent Troll' Ally Seeks Help Targeting Depomed IP
• SEC Hits Mass. Investment Adviser With Fraud Suit
• Hedge Fund Manager Again Targets Biogen's MS Drug Patent
• 3rd Circ. Favors Goldman Sachs In Arbitration Challenge
• How The Indirect Holding System Affects Investor Suits
• Former NJ Fire Chief Must Pay $6.7 Million In Fraud Case
• CFTC To Pay 2nd-Ever Whistleblower Bounty
• MetLife SIFI Fight Draws Clashing Takes On Designation
• Highland Wins Chance To Argue Barclays Docs Are Privileged
• Caesars Takes A Second Shot At Halting Creditor Suits
• IRS Says Court Lacks Clout To Cede Swiss Co. $38M Refund
• Vornado Upsizes To $950M Bank Of China Loan For NYC Site
• UBS To Pay $33.5M Over Probes Of Puerto Rico Fund Sales
• PTAB Decision Not To Sanction Bass Shifts Focus To Capitol
• Hammerson, Allianz Ink $2.1B Deal For Irish Retail Loans
• DC Circ. Nixes Radio Host's Challenge To SEC In-House Court
• What Attys Need To Know About Restructuring A Zombie Fund
• FINRA Adds New Dimension To Broker-Dealer Responsibility
• 3M Loses Bid For Coverage Of WG Trading Ponzi Losses
• Bankrupt Caesars Unit's Noteholders Want Cert. In Refi Row
• Ex-Oil Exec Urges Halt To EB-5 Investor Fraud Suit
• Puffed-Up SEC Stats Fail To Truly Grade Enforcement Efforts
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Venue For Citi Euro Note Suit
• SEC Attempts To Address Due Process Concerns
• Jones Day Adds Goldman Associate GC To NY Labor Group
• Picard Seeks To Beat Back Intervenors Before Clawback Trial
• Hedge Funds Must Turn Focus To Cybersecurity, Exec Says
• Fed's Tarullo Backs Market-Based Rules For Asset Managers
• A Review Of SEC's Audit Fraud Enforcement Trends: Part 2
• SEC Defends New Capital-Raising Rules To DC Circ.
• PTAB Won't Sanction Bass For AIA Reviews Of Drug Patents
• SEC Court To Get Face-Lift, But Attys Still See The Wrinkles
• CFTC Sues NY Firms Over $1.5M Forex Ponzi Scheme
• 25 Treasury Securities Suits Belong In New York, JPML Told
• 'Flash Crash' Trader's Extradition Hearing Postponed
• CORRECTED: Gates Foundation Trust Sues Petrobras, PwC For Securities Fraud
• SEC Can't Pause Order Blocking In-House Court Proceeding
• GCP Student Living Drops $252M On London Property
• RadioShack Settles Standard General Indemnity Claims
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Two Firms Ruled Real Estate M&A Space This Summer
• Miller & Chevalier Snags Ex-O'Melveny, DOL Atty In DC
• A Review Of SEC's Audit Fraud Enforcement Trends: Part 1
• SEC Ends Pursuit Of Ex-Wells Fargo Worker Who Altered Docs
• Picard Says Kingate Can't Appeal Yet In $825M Clawback Suit
• Kickstarting Information Governance: 3 Ideal Pilot Projects
• Quantum-Raging Bull Settlement Can Stay Secret, Judge Says
• Highland Asks For Chance To Prove IRS Acting In Bad Faith
• SEC Beats Newman Shield In Level Global Insider Trading Row
• Congo Says 2003 Letter Acknowledging Debt Isn't Binding
• DOJ Charges 7 With $20M Stock-Fraud Scheme
• Turnbridge Partners Launches With $500M
• Rouse Properties Gets $135M Refinance Of Bay Area Mall
• Azerbaijan Oil Fund, Mitsubishi Drop $435M On Tokyo Retail
• Real Estate Rumors: Samsung Life Insurance, Adobe, Gap
• Nordea Bans VW Stocks, Bonds For 6 Months Amid Scandal
• SEC Proposes To 'Modernize' In-House Court
• Vanguard Owes $35B In Tax Over Transfer Pricing: Report
• SEC Settles Case Over Allegedly Bogus Barnes & Noble Deal
• REIT RioCan Buys Kimco's Stake In 22 Properties For $536M
• CORRECTED: American Pegasus Can Move Forward With $9M Clawback Suit
• SEC Puffs Up Enforcement Stats, Study Finds
• LPL Strikes $3.4M In Deals To End Securities Probes
• CME Ordered To Prove Identities Of 'Spoofing' Defendants
• The Countries And Regions Pouring Cash Into US Real Estate
• Axiom Plans $152M Listing To Launch Regulatory Capital Fund
• CFTC Adjusts Rules For Position Limits On Derivatives
• Costco Slips Petters Ponzi Suit On Jurisdiction
• Senate Passes Bill To Increase Transparency In Gov't Deals
• SEC Rejects Constitutional Claims Over In-House Court
• Stradley Ronon Snags Ex-K&L Gates Tax Partner For DC
• Starwood Capital Gets Final OK For SEC Pay-To-Play Waiver
• SEC Sues Ex-Wells Fargo Adviser For Ripping Off Clients
• China's Fosun Offers $1.33B For Shanghai Real Estate Co.
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Goodwin Procter Financial Investment Pro
• Marcato Reveals Stake In Broker-Dealer LPL
• Swiss Re Pays $2.4B For Guardian Financial In PE Exit
• Robbins Geller Wants $100M Fee In JPMorgan MBS Suit
• AIG, GE Reach Agreement To End Securities Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: BioMed, Uber, Samsung Life
• New Anti-Laundering Rules May Affect Life Settlement Funds
• State Regulators Ordered $405M Returns In 2014: Report
• SEC Hits Investment Firm With $75K Fine For 2013 Data Breach
• DOL Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Fidelity ERISA Class Action
• Wall St. Giant Taps Ex-CFTC Commish For Top Policy Post
• Senate Dems Urge Swift IRS Crackdown On PE 'Tax Cheating'
• FTC Fines Leucadia For Not Reporting $173M Deal
• TICC Urged To Delay Proxy Vote On Sale Of Investment Arm
• REIT Drops $369M On Nearly 3,700 Montreal Apartment Units
• SEC Floats New Liquidity Rules For Mutual Funds, ETFs
• Recent Lessons In Regulation SHO Compliance
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Ex-Detroit Treasurer Gets 11 Years For Pension Kickbacks
• Ex-Investment Exec Defends Barnes & Thornburg Claims
• AIG Must Face Pimco's Calif. Securities Fraud Suit
• United Energy Wants En Banc Rehearing Over BP Asset Sale
• Investors Slam Valeant's Bid To Duck Insider Trading Suit
• Starwood Waypoint REIT Snaps Up Rival In All-Stock Deal
• PREPA Pushes Off Bondholders Amid Talks With Monolines
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner Pleads Not Guilty To $4M Fees Scheme
• Extended Stay Strikes $285M Deal To Sell Crossland Portfolio
• Supreme Court Urged To Mull BNY Mellon's RMBS Liability
• Pacquiao's Promoter Hits Back In $100M Antitrust Suit
• SEC Nets $40M In 1st Case Out Of Mutual Fund Probe
• SOX Whistleblower Protections Are Not Obsolete
• Most Money Market Firms Not Ready For Rules, Study Finds
• SEC Won't Slow Down Post-Newman, GC Says
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Morris, Baker Botts
• IRS Must Face Swiss Insurer's $38M Tax Suit, Judge Says
• SEC Says Ex-Oil Exec Can't Halt EB-5 Investor Fraud Case
• Big Banks Must Talk With Credit Unions Over MBS Claims
• SEC Hits Racetrack Operator's Ex-Chair With Fraud Suit
• NXP's $12B Freescale Deal Gets EU Nod With Divestiture
• SEC Fielding Flood Of Whistleblower Tips, Boston Head Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Moody's, Aduro Biotech, Brookhill
• Gov't Projects Nab EB-5 Funds As Investors Seek Security
• Electra Plans To Reject Activist Investor's Advances Again
• JPMorgan Moves To Duck Silver Futures Manipulation Suits
• Bids To Ax Pacquiao Promoter's Suit 'Compelling,' Judge Says
• Norges Bank Nets London Property In $374M Deal
• Goldman, Others Hit With Treasury Manipulation Class Suit
• The Hidden Costs Of FCPA-Related Corporate Transparency
• Berman Is Good News For Whistleblowers And Their Counsel
• Hedge Fund Manager Denies Trading On Stolen Releases
• Linowes, Seyfarth Steer $84M Nashville Multifamily Deal
• DOI Loses Bid To Dismiss Tribal Trust Accounting Row
• Ex-Quiznos Execs Duck Restructuring Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Goldman, Jabal Omar, Baxalta
• 2nd. Circ. Orders SEC To Pause Tilton In-House Case
• SEC's Home Court Loss Undermines DOJ's Newman Argument
• SEC Fines NFL Financial Adviser Over Casino Fraud
• Judge Keeps Block On SEC In-House Case Against S&P Exec
• Freshfields, Clifford Chance Steer $113M H&M Logistics Deal
• While EB-5 Centers Need Scrutiny, Projects Viewed As King
• SL Green Strikes $125M Deal To Sell 2 NYC Retail Sites
• Chinese Investor Group Pays $920M For Turkish Port Terminal
• Greenberg Pushes To Toss Suit Over Evidence Cover-Up
• Duka Judge Eyes Stay Pending Result Of Tilton-SEC Appeal
• SEC Nixes Credit Rating Limits From Money Market Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, MBK Partners, Albertsons
• Carlyle Raises $4.2B Property Fund, Strikes $111M NY Buy
• Angelo Gordon Strikes $510M Deal For 575 Lexington Tower
• Real Estate Rumors: Carlyle, Apple, Gulf Resources
• TPG Unit Unveils Rejected $450M Bid For Lender TICC
• SEC Broker-Dealer Veteran Rejoins Schiff Hardin In DC
• Simpson Helps Blackstone JV Net $592M Loan For NY Apt. Buy
• Argentina Nixes Proposed Class In Debt Row At 2nd Circ.
• Pa. Suit Over Faulty Ameriprise Financial Planning Revived
• Eden Rock Looks To Restore Suit Over $150M Capstone Deals
• Canadian REIT Drops $128M On Vancouver Apartments
• FINRA Finds 6 Broker-Dealers Unprepared For Liquidity Crisis
• 4 Takeaways From The SEC's Latest In-House Loss
• Greenberg, Carter Ledyard Steer $125M NYC Campus Deal
• Trader Pleads Not Guilty In News Release Hacking Plot
• CVS To Pay $48M To End Investor Suit Over Stock Drop
• IRS Guidance Could Slow Plans For Tax-Free Spinoffs
• Ritchie Loses Round In Suit Against JPM Over Petters Ponzi
• SEC 'Victim' Mark Cuban Wades Into Fight Over In-House Case
• Solving Law Firm Staffing Problems Through Innovation
• DHS Says Logistics Co. Lacks Standing In Visa Denial Suit
• China Says List-Based Rules Will Boost Market Access
• DLA Piper Escapes Suit Over $36M In Disputed Transfers
• FINRA Bans Ex-Global Arena Brokers For Fraud Scheme
• Orthotic Co. Says No Connection Between Audits, Stock Drop
• Morris Manning, Paul Weiss Guide $1.25B Trilogy Deal
• 'Stalker' CEO Denies Fraud Charges, Calls Arrest A Surprise
• Insurer Asks 7th Circ. For Rehearing In $300M Contract Row
• Judge Notes 'Irony' Of SEC Stance On In-House Court Spat
• UK Energy Investor Scores $6.8M Hong Kong Arbitration Win
• IRS Gives Guidance On Investment Co. Diversification Rules
• Barclays Blasts Cert. Bid In 'Dark Pool' Suit
• Madoff Investors Score Approval Of 'Justified' $18M Fees
• Calif. Atty Charged Over Real Estate, Securities Schemes
• SEC Case Against 'Stalker' CEO Could Help Ex-Intern Collect
• Pacquiao's Promoter Wants Deposition Rematch In $100M Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Larry Ellison, Citadel, Pearlmark
• Canadian High-Speed Trader Pleads Guilty In Spoofing Case
• Bear Stearns Funds Ask For 2nd Shot At Ratings Agencies
• 'Big Short' Adviser Challenges SEC Court Again At 2nd Circ.
• Blank Rome Snags Consumer Finance Atty From Reed Smith
• SEC Loses Insider Trading Case On Home Court
• SEC Recovers $30M In Trading Profits In Wire-Hacking Case
• Full DC Circ. Won't Review SEC Market Rigging Case
• UK Firms Trowers & Hamlins, Stones Solicitors Join Forces
• Amgen Heads To High Court Over Handling Of Worker Stock
• Banks' $1.9B CDS Deal Just Latest Antitrust Blockbuster
• Pension Fund Files Antitrust Action Against Big Banks
• Celgene Calls Kyle Bass' AIA Review Bids 'Harassment'
• High Court Action On Newman 'Urgently Needed,' Feds Say
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Fasken, Fried
• Schwab Slams CMO Class Standing In High Court Petition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone Group, Amundi, Novo Banco
• NBA Player Says Alleged Ponzi Schemer Broke Payment Deal
• Normandy Real Estate Gets $83M Loan From JP Morgan, Rialto
• IBM Insider Trial Delayed Until Newman Cert Bid Gets Decided
• Argentina Creditors Urge 2nd Circ. For Access To $539M
• MoFo Nabs Real Estate M&A Pro From Hogan Lovells
• 5 Firms Steer $690M Deal For Manhattan Rental Portfolio
• Ex-FINRA Official Jumps To DC Boutique From MoFo
• Does Dodd-Frank Protect Internal Whistleblowing?
• Effectively Connected Income: A Close Look At The Rules
• Real Estate Rumors: Freshfields, 666 Fifth, Torkian
• Big Banks Near $1.9B Deal In CDS Antitrust Case
• Caesars Fights Bondholder Suits That Threaten Parent
• Ropes & Gray Adds Finance Partner From Morgan Lewis
• SEC Whistleblowers Finally Ripe For High Court Review
• Surfwear Co. Quiksilver Gets Interim Nod On $175M DIP
• Goldman Calls Addition Of Sex-Bias Intervenors Prejudicial
• Ex-Nomura Traders Plead Not Guilty To RMBS Charges
• Perkins Coie Guides Kemper's $526M Loan From CPPIB
• Holland & Knight, Arnold & Porter Steer $182M DC Deal
• SEC Blasts Stay Bid From Wife Of Fugitive Ex-VC Exec
• Big Banks Want 'Outlier' Forex Suit Moved To NY Court
• Treasury Security Antitrust Class Actions Consolidated
• Ivanhoe-Callahan JV Drops $200M On Los Angeles Tower
• 2nd Circ. Revives SEC Whistleblower Retaliation Claim
• Key Lessons From The BNY Mellon Internship Bribery Case
• Battle Lines Now Clearly Drawn In Newman
• CFTC Beefs Up Retail-Investor Safeguards With New Database
• SEC Sends Warning To Gatekeepers With BDO Audit Case
• CFTC Investigating JPMorgan Over Investment Tactics
• SEC Says Adviser Used Radio Show To Overstate Assets
• IRS Tackles Rules On Gifts, Bequests From Expatriates
• JPMorgan's RMBS Deal Is Unfair, Hedge Fund Says
• UCITS Or AIFMD: Better The Devil You Know?
• CFTC Fines Futures Merchant Over Worker Supervision
• Simpson, King Spalding Steer Deal For Part Of $595M Property
• Unions Take NJ Pension Fight To US Supreme Court
• Kelley Drye Adds Former Greenberg Traurig Atty In NY
• SEC Accuses Ex-US Attorney Of Fraud In Botched BDO Audits
• Thermo Fisher Sanctioned Over Flubbed Depo In Fraud Suit
• SEC Affirms Bar On CPA Charged With Leaking Sanofi Deal
• SunEdison Pays $300M For Stake In Dominion Solar Projects
• Ex-Nomura Traders Face Criminal Charges Over RMBS Deals
• Judge Nixes 2nd Malpractice Suit Against Barnes & Thornburg
• BlackRock Nabs $173M UK Garden Center Portfolio
• Goldman Escapes MBS Class Action Over Lack Of Evidence
• Duka Will Slow, Not Stop, SEC's In-House Court Trend
• Geneva Wealth Managers Settle Investors' Madoff Suit
• Schwab Founder Can't Escape $25M Real Estate Fraud Suit
• Highland Gets $288M From Credit Suisse For Land Deal Fraud
• SEC Floats Exception To Swap Data Repository Indemnity Rule
• Hedge Fund Manager To Pay $1.3M To Settle Fraud With SEC
• Mayweather Manager Wants $100M Antitrust Row Paused
• Sentencing Of Kuo Delayed While High Court Weighs Newman
• Commodity Traders Apathetic On Abuse, UK Watchdog Warns
• SEC Strikes $2.8M Deal With Accused Chinese Inside Traders
• SEC's Gallagher Set To Leave Agency By Oct.
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Hapag-Lloyd, Rokin, Jupiter Hotels
• SEC's Oxfam Loss May Open Floodgates To Deadline Suits
• Och-Ziff Brass Hit With Derivative Suit Over FCPA Probes
• HFF Nabs 8-Person Capital Markets Team From Cushman
• Quantum Foods Settles With Raging Bull Over Failed Sale
• SEC Says Its Judges Are Constitutional In Enforcement Ruling
• Regulatory Changes In Retail Forex Market Will Continue
• 7th Circ. Nixes Pension Fund Win In Pipeline Co.'s ERISA Suit
• Despite Denial, Bass Launches New Attack On Acorda Patents
• Grand Jury Indicts 'Flash Crash' Trader On Criminal Charges
• Dorsey Hooks Ex-Olswang Chair To Helm Europe PE Group
• Bass Blasts Sanctions Bid, Says Drug AIA Reviews Aid Public
• IRS Solidifies Regulations On Hedge Transaction Gains
• Congressional Dems Tell DC Circ. SEC Rule Went Too Far
• China Regulators Try To Curb Futures Speculation
• 5 Takeaways From FINRA's New Research Analyst Rules
• White & Case, Clifford Chance Steer $72M Hamburg Hotel Deal
• Stock Price Impact Since Halliburton — What The Data Say
• Ponzi Schemer Tells 9th Circ. 18-Year Sentence Unfair
• NFL Players, BB&T Settle Negligence Suit Mid-Trial
• Chancery Throws Out Claims Over Imperva's Startup Buy
• SEC Judge Denies Tilton's Stay Bid Over In-House Case
• Fees Brawl Erupts After BNY Unit Beats $460M Refco Row
• $770M Trust Member Denies 'Gaming System' At 2nd Circ.
• Pa. Investment Firm Pays SEC $21M Over Fee Fraud
• DOJ Investigating Competition In Muni Bond Listing Market
• Trader Pleads Not Guilty To Press Release Hacking Plot
• Fla. Panel Revives Shareholder Suit In Riverside Bank Collapse
• Doc's Trustee Slams Dismissal Bid In Atty Malpractice Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Gilead Sciences, Starwood, TGM
• PTAB Denies Hedge Fund's Bid For Biogen Patent Review
• Ex-S&P Exec Argues To Keep Injunction On SEC Case
• GIC Slates $301M For India Real Estate Venture
• PTAB Misconduct Rule Won't Deter Hedge Fund Attacks
• India Says Alternate Tax Won't Apply To Foreign Investors
• NFL Player Almost Loses Jury Rights In BB&T Fraud Trial
• Nasdaq PHLX Rule Change On Banned Trading Acts Goes Live
• Deals Rumor Mill: BG Group, GE Capital, Ajinomoto
• Investors Slam Bid To Toss Cobalt Bribery Class Action
• NJ Court Upends Knight Capital's Arbitration Win In Bias Suit
• Rockspring Drops $69M For Scotland Office Building
• Pacquiao Promoter's $100M Antitrust Suit Slammed By Rival
• PTAB To Scrutinize Hedge Fund's Use Of AIA Review Program
• 8th Circ. Says Arbitration Tolled NJ Law Claims Against Broker
• The High Court's Key Jurisdiction Question In Manning