Asset Management Archive » July, 2016

Asset Management - July, 2016

264 articles

• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Funds' Claims JPMorgan Aided Refco Fraud
• Industry Groups Asks 2nd Circ. To Flip Petrobras Class Cert.
• FINRA Tells 4th Circ. Scottsdale's Challenge To Its Power Fails
• FCA Seeks Views On Implementing New Financial Market Regs
• Accusations Of Witness Threats By Atty Can't Stop Deposition
• Calif. Bar Says Attys Can't Tell Clients' Public 'Secrets'
• Investment Adviser Gets 7 Years For Fake Hedge Fund
• Mass. Adviser Asks For Leniency In Sham Facebook IPO Case
• A Primer On Exchange-Traded Notes And Their Tax Treatment
• Ex-Goldman Director Sues Bank For Investigation Costs
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Settles With Insurers For $2.2M
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Dad Shared Inside Info, Jury Hears
• Shareholders Certified In Tile Co.'s China Ties Suit
• Redstone's Faculties Still At Issue In Viacom CEO Row
• SEC Updates Rules For Administrative Proceedings
• Apollo Calls Out Caesars Creditors For Wasting Time
• Trading Co. Fights CFTC Penalties Over Money Pass Scheme
• Qatari Investment Firm Buys NYC Hotel For $167M
• $1B-Plus Del. Chancery Ponzi Claims Moved to Fed. Court
• REIT Hersha Spends $112.5M On Boston's Envoy Hotel
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• SEC Gives IEX No-Action Letter To Guard Agents' Anonymity
• SEC Bars Adviser Over Brokerage Conflicts On 2nd Look
• Bernstein Litowitz Rips Subpoena In Insider Trading Row
• Broker Pleads Guilty To Role In $131M Investment Scheme
• BofA Should Face Fraud Suit, Tutor Perini Tells 1st Circ.
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker Blames Dad For Insider Trading Scheme
• Caesars Creditors Want Apollo Punished For Blown Deadlines
• Chinese Firms Changing Tone On US Real Estate Investment
• Real Estate Rumors: Minskoff, DRA Advisors, Rupert Murdoch
• Legal Tech Co. Epiq To Go Private In $1B Deal
• Reynolds Sues Goldman Sachs, Others Over Aluminum Prices
• $19M Cargill Suit Axed Under Wrong Law, 2nd Circ. Told
• Retail Opportunity Investments To Sell $200M In Notes
• Active Vs. Passive Investing: The Struggle Of 2 Agencies
• Ex-NFLer Asks For Atty Fees After Disability Win
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• PE Firm Hits Goldman Sachs With $510M Fraud Suit
• Atty Can't Shake SEC's Suit Over Breaking EB-5 Rules
• Nomura Traders Deny 'Victim Blaming' In RMBS Suit
• Federal Securities Actions Soar In First Half Of 2016
• Real Estate Rumors: Stadt, Sierra Assets, Alto Real Estate
• When Minority Stockholders Take Control
• Vertex Ignored Red Flags In Clinical Trial, 1st Circ. Told
• CFTC Hands Out Modest Fourth Whistleblower Award
• Tilton Tie-Up Foiled, Duka Urges 2nd Circ. SEC Ruling Redo
• UK Firm Mercer Raises $309M For Real Estate Fund
• DOL Blasts Insurer's Challenge To Fiduciary Rule Exemptions
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• TH Real Estate Closes €500M European Fund
• 'Confusing' Deutsche Bank Securities Suit Will Go On
• Nuke Site Workers Launch Class Action Over Pensions
• Liberty Property Trust Nabs $969M In Sale Of 108 Properties
• PE Giant Apollo Takes Redbox Operator Private In $1.6B Deal
• Tilton Taps Clement For SEC Admin Court Fight In 2nd Circ.
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Yahoo Inks $4.83B Sale To Verizon, Ending Bidding Process
• AIB Urges Court To Nix Fund's Suit Due To Forum-Shopping
• Shearman & Sterling Account Held Stolen Funds, Feds Say
• Douglas Emmett, QIA Pay Hines $225M For LA Office Tower
• Why Gibson Dunn Lost A Big Case To An Old Conflict
• SEC Fights To Keep Grip On Insider-Trading Victory
• Foreign Funds Slow To Buy US Property Despite Tax Change
• ALJ Denies SEC Quick Win In 3C Unregistered Brokerage Case
• Pa. Court Partially Revives $2.6M Real Estate Loan Dispute
• Silver Run Buys 89% Stake In Oil And Gas Co. Centennial
• Chamber Of Commerce Criticizes Executive Incentive Pay Rule
• RioCan REIT Buys Out CPPIB's Mall Stakes For $267M
• Banks Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix Petrobras Class Certification
• Robbins Geller Gets Lead In LPL Financial Suit
• Ex-Union Boss, Hedge Fund Founder Deny Kickback Charges
• 415 Million Reasons Why It's Time To Hug A Whistleblower
• Brexit: An Unexpected Boost For UK Commercial Real Estate
• BakerHostetler Seeks $35M In Fees For Madoff Trustee Work
• Tribe Wants Bank Claims Kept Alive In Embezzlement Row
• MF Global Inks $159M Deal To End Exec, Customer Rows
• SEC Fights Testimony Exclusion In Investment Co. Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Funds' $8M Debt Row With Wireless Co.
• Chamber Of Commerce Weighs In On SEC Disclosures
• K&L Gates Opens Munich Office With Hires From King & Wood
• Venture Investor Once Called 'Porn's New King' Cops To Fraud
• Turkish IPOs — Key Issues For Market Participants
• Mayer Brown's Win In GM Loan Case Spurs 7th Circ. Appeal
• Latecomers Can't Join Building Fire Class Action, Parties Say
• Kirkland DQ Dispute Could See Jones Day Sanctioned
• Global Real Estate IPO Volume Rises Amid Turbulent Market
• SEC Names New Associate Regional Director In Denver
• Freddie Mac Must Face Subprime Deceit Suit, 6th Circ. Says
• Temasek To Pay $869M To Acquire SMRT Corp.
• Ropes & Gray Adds Private Equity Partner From Weil
• DOJ Seeks $1B In Assets Bought With Stolen Malaysian Funds
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Hubb NYC, Under Armour
• Societe Generale Granted Slight Delay In Libya Fund Trial
• Starwood, Vencom To Sell 6 Swedish Retail Assets For $359M
• Bluerock REIT Buys $75M Atlanta Apartment Community
• SEC Reminds Rating Agencies To Review After Workers Leave
• Chamber, Others Say DOL Fiduciary Rule Needs The Ax
• Brexit Considerations For US Investment Fund Managers
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Inks Sanofi Insider Trading Deal
• Watchdog Calls On EU To Match US Fund 'Passporting' Rules
• Patrizia Grabs 9 Office, Commercial Properties In €400M Deal
• Brazilian Underwear Co. Buys PE-Backed Lingerie Maker
• Target Investors Want Robbins Geller, Labaton To Lead Suit
• FINRA Poses Treasury Securities Reporting Requirements
• Canyon Partners Sues LA Again Over Millions In Taxes
• Icahn Urges 2nd Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Insider Trading Suit
• Peru Claims Victory In Doe Run Mine Cleanup Arbitration
• Vestor Capital Beats Insurer Over $5M Policy For Late Exec
• Securities Groups Urge SEC To Weigh Cost Of Audit Trail
• Paul Weiss Guides AllianceBernstein's $100M Ground Lease
• Ex-Visium Hedge Fund Manager Denies Inflation Scheme
• SEC Scores $4.2M Judgment Over Utah MBS Scheme
• O'Melveny Rips Trustee's Evidence Qualms In Gibson DQ Row
• EU, US To Ramp Up Talks On Financial Services Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Temasek, Khazanah Nasional, Ferro
• Deloitte, Auditors Get Pass On Fraud, Justices Told
• 5 Firms Steer REIT Hudson's $585M Offering, Related Deals
• Seyfarth Shaw Ducks RICO Claims In Tax Shelter Suit
• Deutsche Bank Slams 'Generalized' Claims In RMBS Dispute
• Singapore Exchange To Separate Regulatory Arm
• Skadden Steers Senior Housing Properties Trust's $620M Loan
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• 'Passive Investor' Lessons From Record HSR Act Settlement
• Ex-JPM Banker Denied 'Silver' Bullet In Admissibility Dispute
• Gibson Dunn Booted From Tilton's 2nd Circ. SEC Challenge
• SEC Punts On Market Makers' Fee Challenge
• Top FINRA Governor, Ex-Vanguard Exec, Named Chairman
• General Growth's Board Protections Unfair, Suit Says
• Cowen Ducks Liability, Wins DQ In Energy Publisher Suit
• Dream Global REIT Raising $66M Via Trust Offering
• Lessons On SEC's Customer, Whistleblower Protection Efforts
• Grant Thornton Shakes Mass. Retirees' $25M Fraud Loss Suit
• SEC's Cybersecurity Playbook
• Barington Drops Proxy Fight For Chico's Board Seats
• Libyan Fund Expert In Goldman Dispute Struggles On Stand
• 5th Circ. Flipped, But Won't Flop, In BP Asset Sale Case
• ADT Investors Ask 11th Circ. To Revive Securities Fraud Suit
• CFTC Blasts Industry Concerns Over Manipulation Suit
• Travel Mogul Chemla Settles Madoff Clawback Suit
• Companies May Be Underpaying Deals Attys, Law Prof Says
• Hedge Fund Owner Gets 15 Months For Obstructing SEC Probe
• 'Toxic' Real Estate Deals Making A Comeback, Report Says
• AXA Beats Broker's $20M Contract Beef With Quick Verdict
• Mich. Broker Pays $7.2M CFTC Penalty Over Options Trades
• SEC Sues NJ Atty, Litigation Fund Over Misleading Investors
• L-3 Says Forensic Accounting Docs Protected In Investor Row
• Carey REIT Drops $154M On Silicon Valley Hotel
• Cargill Asks 2nd Circ. To Boot $19M Mexican Resort Row
• Aletheia Trustee Urges Gibson DQ From O'Melveny Row
• In Post-Brexit Swan Song, EC Reg Chief Touts New VC Rules
• Crestwood Highlights Potential For Activism Without Leverage
• Northern Trust Settles With Funds In Negligence Action
• SEC Faces Long Road Ahead On Admin Court Reforms
• 1st Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Fidelity ERISA Class Action
• SEC Eyeing Advisers' Share Class Conflicts Of Interest
• Hong Kong Trader Gets 2-Year Ban For Botched Trades
• SEC Adopts Swaps Rules, Proposes Disclosure Changes
• Pa. Judge Must Protect Tax Docs In Atty Row, Panel Rules
• FINRA Targets Brokerage Firm Over Supervisory Failures
• Investors Must Better Utilize Delaware's Appraisal Process
• UK FCA Fines Towergate £2.6M For Client Money Rules Breach
• UBS, Others Want Out Of Suit Over Deal For Hotel Stakes
• 2nd Circ. Panel To Consider Petrobras Stay Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Vulcan, McSam Hotel, Blumenfeld
• Scottrade Gets Missouri Data Breach Suit Tossed
• Georgeson Brass, Ex-Workers Charged Over Alleged Bribery
• Broker's $20M Trial Against AXA Appears On Brink Of Collapse
• SEC Taps New Members For Investor Advisory Committee
• 4 Ways Brexit Could Shape The US Real Estate Landscape
• ValueAct To Pay $11M To Settle Halliburton Stock-Buy Row
• Audax Group Brings In $1.2B For 4th Mezzanine Fund
• Foley & Lardner Steers Regency Center's $353M Offering
• Vanke JV Drops $1.92B On Cos. From Blackstone, Others
• Pension Co. Wants Out Of Tribe's Latest Embezzlement Suit
• Investors Accuse Stericycle Of Inflating Profits Through 'Fraud'
• Fairstead Capital Drops $315M On Harlem Apartment Complex
• Citigroup Admits Giving SEC Faulty Blue Sheets For 15 Years
• Investors Urge 2nd Circuit to Deny Petrobas' Stay Bid
• AXA Stayed Out Of Brokers' Commission Fights, Jury Hears
• EC Offers 2 Ways To Invest In Startups, Urban Development
• DOL Fiduciary Rule Can Save Investors $190B, Court Told
• 'Financial Myth Buster' To Pay $4M For Tall Tales Of Assets
• Russian Investors Want Pa. Firm's Settlement Suit Tossed
• Caesars Alters Merger Deal Critical To Bankruptcy Plan
• CohnReznick Real Estate Exec Sees Dry Powder As A Red Flag
• Feds Say Nomura Traders' Good Acts Irrelevant In RMBS Suit
• DOJ Overruled Proposal To Indict HSBC, GOP Report Says
• Wells Fargo Says Investors Want It To Pay For Their Errors
• Real Estate Rumors: Winton Capital, 13th Floor, Vanbarton
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• No Exit Post-Brexit: The Importance Of Understanding 'Gates'
• Buyers Changing Tune In Aluminum MDL, Goldman Says
• Whistleblower Chief Calls Time At SEC
• 2nd Circ. Reverses Itself On Joint Challenge To SEC Courts
• Sidley, Goodwin Guide REIT Care Capital's $500M Offering
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Orrick
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, Equity Office, Brookhill
• Watchdog Steps In As Brexit Triggers UK Property Fund Chaos
• Proxy Advisory Firms In Legislative Crosshairs
• British Land Selling London Retail Property For £400M
• Deutsche Fund Investor Wins Round In Tangle Over Directors
• Fed Makes Volcker Rule Reprieve To 2017 Official
• Proskauer Beats DQ Bid In Steelworkers' $86M Pension Row
• O'Melveny Says Gibson Dunn Has No Conflict In Aletheia Suit
• IRS Sets Money Market Fund Rules Loose
• Banks Say Libor Investors Lack Antitrust Standing
• Stonewalling Hedge Funder Takes '1st Step' Toward Freedom
• Peru Blasts Fund's 'Smear Campaign' In $1.6B Bond Fight
• Goldman Sachs Rips Bid To Reinstate Sex Bias Plaintiff
• Appaloosa-TerraForm Discovery Halted For Dismissal Fight
• Idea Capital, HIG Bayside Close $288M Turnaround Fund
• What Fund Investors Should Know About Bank Control Rules
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• REIT Prices $657M Offering To Fund Boston Property Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: Prestige Imports, Zeller, Hamlin
• Caledonia Investments Pays $154M For UK Pub Biz
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Millennium's Claims
• NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT Raising $77M
• Ex-AXA Broker's Colleagues Poached Clients, Jury Hears
• TriGuard Exceeds Cap With $660M For 7th Fund
• Private Equity Banker Cops To $95M 'Ponzi-Like' Scheme
• Linklaters, DLA Piper Steer $67M Belgian Retail Park Deal
• Canadian Regulators Tout Progress On Investor Protection
• RMBS Investors Can Pursue BNY Mellon, Appeals Court Rules
• Nasdaq Cos. Have Raised $8.5B Through New Listings In 2016
• Halliburton Can't Scrap Expert In Asbestos Liability Suit
• American Hotel Income Properties REIT Raising $69.4M
• SEC's New Cybersecurity Appointment And What It Tells Us
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• 'Father' Of SEC Enforcement Leaves Enduring Legacy
• Ex-Galleon Trader To Sue Atty For $12.5M For 2nd Circ. Loss
• AXA Boss Calls Ex-Broker A Squeaky Wheel At $20M Trial
• High Court Wants Response In Calif. Securities Suit Petition
• MassMutual Gets Nod For $30.9M ERISA Suit Settlement
• SEC's International Corporate Finance Head Lands At Latham
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Stay Of Duka's SEC In-House Suit, For Now
• Libor Banks Can't Yet Make New Arguments For Dismissal
• Noble Energy Sells Stake In Israeli Gas Field In $369M Deal
• KBS REIT Snags $47.4M Loan For Portland Office Buy
• Trader Facing CFTC 'Money Pass' Charges Fights Market Ban
• Partners Group To Invest $265M In US Property Portfolio
• SEC Extends Cutoff For Swaps Data Reporting Compliance
• Gran Tierra Pays $525M For Latin American Oil And Gas Co.
• Distressed Vs. Par Trading: Comparing The Document Regimes
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• New UK Bank, Trader Standards Tackle Conflicts, Price-Fixing
• BofA, Citi, Others Hit With Singapore Rate-Rigging Suit
• Quinn Emanuel To Bat For Elan Classes In SAC Trial
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Hedge Fund's Petters Row With Costco
• German Financial Regulator Opens Whistleblower Office
• Some Vitus, F-Squared Investor Claims Survive Dismissal Bid
• Broker's Damages Theories To Be Tested In $20M AXA Trial
• InnVest REIT Grabs $90M Interest In Vancouver Airport Hotel
• City Office REIT To Buy $76M In Florida Properties
• L-3 Investors Seek Class Status In Accounting Fraud Suit
• Marketing Funds In Germany May Soon Be More Difficult
• 3 Reasons Brexit Won't Halt EU Market Abuse Rules
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Vinson
• Real Estate Legislation To Watch In The Second Half Of 2016
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes