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Asset Management - December, 2016

207 articles

• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• Credit Suisse Pays $5.3B In Possible Last Post-Crisis Deal
• Deutsche Bank Inks $7.2B Mortgage Securities Deal With Feds
• NY Judge Halts Anti-Suit Orders In MF Global Insurer Fight
• BALCA Overrules Wage Finding For Analyst Job
• Advisory Head Indicted Over $1M Securities Fraud
• CFTC, DRW Spar Post-Trial Over Futures Manipulation Case
• SEC Escapes Risk-Retention Rule Suit In DC
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Ropes
• Green Finance Panel Forms Amid EU Capital Markets Push
• LSE Block Trading Products Grow Ahead Of Dark Pool Caps
• Asset Management MVP: Debevoise's Shannon Rose Selden
• Some Considerations As Fed Provides Volcker Rule Relief
• Day-Trading Firm Owner Accused In Fake-Account Scam
• 3 Charged In 'Pay-To-Play' NY Retirement Fund Scheme
• Bernstein Litowitz Ducks Subpoena In Insider Trading Row
• Calif. Man Gets 8 Years For Investment Fraud Scheme
• Judge Says Treasury 'Miserably Failed' In Auto Pension Fight
• Fed Fines BBVA $27M For Blowing Securities Revenue Limits
• FINRA Fines Wells Fargo, Others $14M Over Records
• Customers Seek Tullett Prebon Docs In Libor Suit
• Asset Management MVP: Fried Frank's Kenneth Rosh
• Avoid Inadvertent Tipping This Holiday Season
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Ex-Blackrock Exec Jailed In UK For Insider Trading
• SEC, MSRB Fight GOP's Challenge To New Pay-To-Play Rule
• SIFMA, ABA Air Worries Over CFTC Cross-Border Swaps Rule
• Schulte Roth Withdraws As Patriarch's Counsel In Zohar Suit
• Asset Management MVP: Paul Weiss' Marco Masotti
• 4th Circ. Says FINRA Challenge Must Go To SEC First
• Activist Loses Appeal In Fight Over REIT's Boardroom
• NFL Retirement Plan Argues For Benefits Denial At 4th Circ.
• Morgan Stanley Pays $7.5M For Customer Protection Offenses
• SEC Actions Against Investment Advisers In 2016: Part 3
• Developer Secures $209M Loan For McDonald's New HQ
• Appaloosa Wins $3M Fee Award In TerraForm, SunEdison Suit
• Tilton Says SEC 'Grossly Overreached' In $200M Fraud Case
• Platinum Partners Execs Charged With $1B Securities Fraud
• Shkreli's Ex-Atty Can't Get More Details On Fraud Charges
• Credit Suisse Gets Partial Win In $69M RMBS Suit
• Ponzi Scheme Investor Didn't Prove Fraud, NJ Panel Says
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Feds Seek Penalty From Wells Fargo For $1.25B Tax 'Sham'
• Icahn Enterprises Inks $2.8B Sale Of Railcar Leasing Co.
• SEC Disgorgement Issue Ripe For High Court Review
• SEC Actions Against Investment Advisers In 2016: Part 2
• Asset Management MVP: Debevoise & Plimpton's Erica Berthou
• Willkie Guides Virtus In $472M Deal For RidgeWorth
• 9th Circ. Revives Edison ERISA Suit On High Court Remand
• Taxation With Representation: Akin, Vinson, Cleary, Sidley
• SEC Wants Justices' Take On Disgorgement Too, Adviser Says
• US Moves To Seize Assets Of NJ Traders In $26M Scheme
• 4th Circ. Tosses Another SEC Admin Court Challenge
• Chancery Uses Market Price In LPS-Fidelity Deal Appraisal
• Sens. Knock CFTC For Not Finishing Position Limit Rule
• DC Circ. Won't Block DOL Fiduciary Rule For Trade Group
• Gramercy Property Trust Drops $521M On Logistics Portfolio
• SEC Actions Against Investment Advisers In 2016: Part 1
• GLP Sets Up $1.5B Logistics Property Fund
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $37M In Dark Pools Deals
• Salman Insider Trading Case A Hollow Win For Prosecutors
• Ritchie Capital Gets Ex-Exec's Benefits Claim Tossed
• Fed's Brand-New Bank Bail-In Could Have Short Shelf Life
• FINRA Enforcement Chief To Depart After 6 Years
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Feature Heavily In DOJ's $15B Haul
• Issuers Urged To Prepare For New Int'l Accounting Standards
• Trader, Mother's Co. Must Pay $1.2M In Money Pass Case
• Fed Rule Aims To Make Investors Pay For Big Bank Failure
• HSBC Beats Former Exec's Retaliation Claims At Trial
• Reputation Management Tips For Asset Managers
• Intel Committee Says Risky Investments Suit Came Too Late
• SEC Asks High Court To Consider Disgorgement Limitations
• Cope Hudson Partner Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• 2nd Circ. Judge Worried Icahn Trade Tactic Reaps 'Zillions'
• NY Judge Scolds SEC Over 'Cryptic' ConvergEx Complaint
• PE Shop, Singaporean Wealth Fund Drop $2.9B On Neustar
• Dallas Pension System Cleared For Interest Rate Cut
• Fund Liquidation Insurance: A Few Points To Consider
• Audi Seeks To Stop Pa. Dealer's $17M Asset Sale
• A Practical Assessment Of The 'Universal Proxy Card' Plan
• HP Was 'Opportunistic' In $2.8B Aruba Buy, Chancery Told
• Apollo REIT Prices $180M Stock Offering
• Family Loses Round In $107M EMI Forfeiture Spat
• Salman Reinforces Galleon Informant's Conviction, Say Feds
• NY AG's $11.2B Credit Suisse Suit Not Time-Barred
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• Investors, Exchanges Both Claim SEC's Favor At 2nd Circ.
• Gupta Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Save His Conviction
• The Path To The California Bench
• REIT Hudson Pacific Drops $150M On Silicon Valley Campus
• National Storage REIT Prices $95M Stock Offering
• UBS Faces Age Discrimination Class Action Over Layoffs
• Pension Funds' $100M RBS Suit Revived Over 5th Circ. Ruling
• CPPIB Buys Half Of $836M Retail And Office Portfolio
• CFTC Rulemaking In The Waning Days Of The Obama Era
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• CalPERS Sues IAC, Diller Over Class C Stock Proposal
• Hedge Fund Owner Sued For Using Investment On Property
• Facebook To Turn Over Goldman Docs In Class C Stock Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asks How Salman Applies To SAC Trader's Case
• HSBC Trial Juror Gets Heave-Ho After Security-Line Incident
• France's Amundi Inks $3.7B Deal For Pioneer Investments
• NJ Traders Charged With $26M Manipulation Scheme
• High Court Denies Foundry Exec's Insider Trading Challenge
• GM Lenders Can't Seal Investor Info, Bankruptcy Judge Finds
• Restoring Some Certainty Post-Marblegate
• NJ Not Obligated To Make Pension Contributions, Panel Says
• 4th Circ. Affirms Sanctity Of FINRA Arbitration
• Chancery Taps Grant & Eisenhofer To Lead Rouse Appraisal
• Express Scripts Says Stockholder Suit Lacks Fraud Proof
• FINRA Seeks Information From Fired Wells Fargo Reps
• Galleon Informant Says Petition Unaffected By Salman Ruling
• Och-Ziff Contractor Cops To Bribing African Officials
• Former Boss Tells Jury Fired HSBC Exec Was Bad At His Job
• JPML Won't Combine Hospital Co.'s ERISA Exemption Suits
• Minn. Judge Stiff-Arms Stinson From Role In ResCap MDL
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Chancery OKs $17.5M Deal To End Sterling Chemical Sale Row
• Deutsche Bank Gets Nod For $60M Gold Price-Fixing Accord
• CORRECTED: Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald Trader Charged With Fraud
• Tribe, Bank Rebuked Over Embezzlement Suit Discovery Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor Equities, JBL, Ares Management
• FINRA Bars Crowdfunding Portal In 1st JOBS Act Settlement
• PE-Backed Athene Holding Prices Upsized $1.1B IPO
• Morguard REIT Reaches $133M Notes Deal
• 8 Things You Need To Know About EU's Insolvency Proposal
• UBS Dodges Fraud Suit In NY Over $500M Chinese Investment
• Marketing Co. Wants $1.4M Award To Asset Manager Nixed
• Federal Capital Sells $328M Multifamily Portfolio Near DC
• Canadian Securities Regulators Step Up ETF Disclosure
• SEC Enforcement Head Leaving Agency By End Of Month
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive ERISA Suit Over Madoff Profits
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• After 12 Years, Court Says InTrust Fraud Suit Came Too Late
• Former NYC Financial Adviser Pleads To $1.6M Trust Theft
• Gold Investors Shouldn't Get Another Shot In MDL, UBS Says
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, Acore Capital, AutoNation
• 12 Things To Know About The SEC Whistleblower Program
• Judge Skeptical Of CFTC's 'Circular' Logic In DRW Trial
• Ex-NFL Player Says Retirement Plan Abused Discretion
• Stifel, Exec To Pay $24.6M To Settle $200M SEC Suit
• Hedge Fund Manager Admits Stock Manipulation In China
• UBS, Banco Popular Unit See $5M Investor Suit Pared
• Software Co. Honcho Can't Claim $112M In 'Wizardry' Losses
• Withholding Changes For Dividend Equivalent Amounts
• Alpha Venture Partners Launches $100M Fund
• Atalaya Capital Secures $525M For Latest Fund
• The Personal Benefit Test Post-Salman
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• RLJ Lodging Trust Gets $286M For Pair Of Manhattan Hotels
• Insider Trading Law Remains Murky After High Court Ruling
• Ex-HSBC Exec Disparaged Former Bank Analyst, Jury Hears
• Latham Reps Acore On $188M NYC Loan To Chetrit
• FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Units $1M Over Reports
• Trump Reportedly Considering Gibson Partner For SEC Chair
• After Activist Pressure, Forest City Alters Share Structure
• Real Estate Co. Tells 11th Circ. To Vacate $396K Award
• Real Estate Rumors: KFH Capital, Crossix, Wells Fargo
• High Court Hands Prosecutors Victory On Insider Trading
• Blount Urges Del. Chancery To Toss $855M Merger Challenge
• NY Reps Seek To Curb Hedge Funds' Use Of AIA Reviews
• Investor Libor Antitrust Arguments Fail, JPMorgan Says
• CFTC Issues New Proposal On Position Limit Rules
• Simpson, Troutman Steer Blackstone's $480M Loan
• FINRA Fines UBS $2.5M Over Options Reporting
• Mayer Brown Snags Pensions Pro From Dentons
• SEC Hands Out $3.5M Award To 36th Whistleblower
• Starwood REIT Plans $500M Debt Offering
• Firms' Bid To Increase IndyMac Fee Falls Flat In 2nd Circ.
• Singapore's GIC To Invest $261M In Indonesian Cinema Biz
• Credit Suisse To Pay FINRA $16.5M For Poor AML Oversight
• SEC Oversight Of Asset Managers: A Decade In The Making
• A $650,000 Lesson In Cybersecurity Shortcomings
• Judge Knocks Wilson's 'Sketchy' Memory In CFTC Trial
• Deutsche Bank Settles For $60M In Gold Price-Fixing MDL
• $1B REIT Ponzi Suit Belongs In Chancery Under CAFA: Judge
• Millennium Labs Trustee Gets OK For $1.8B Loan Investigation
• IRS Proposes Adjusting Rules For Foreign Acquisitions
• Hong Kong, Swiss Regulators Ink Cross-Border Funds Pact
• Canada Court Tosses Tax On Trust's Offshore Investments
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of 'Big Short' Adviser's SEC Protest
• Gibson Dunn Attys Score $5M Fees After Developer's Forgery
• Stanford Investors Say SEI Enabled Ponzi Scheme
• Chicago Trader Cops To Pilfering $9M In Ponzi-Like Scheme
• Rakoff Addresses Tippee Liability In SEC V. Payton
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• Pimco To Pay $20M To Settle SEC Investigation
• Judge Questions Firm's Trading Strategy In $20M CFTC Trial
• House Passes Bill To Overhaul Systemic Risk Designations
• Real Estate Rumors: A&E, Allegra, Deutsche
• Dechert Leads NewStar In $505M Credit Fund Closing
• DOJ Wants SEC To Yield To Criminal Hedge Fund Fraud Case
• CFTC Told To Sharpen Review Of Dealers' Cybersecurity
• Hedge Fund Urges PrivateBancorp To Spurn $3.8B CIBC Offer
• CareTrust REIT Pays $96M For Texas Portfolio
• IRS Urged To Scrap Controversial Estate Transfer Rules
• SocGen Defends Arbitral Win In Anti-American Job Bias Row
• Stormy Seas For Indenture Trustees
• Fla. Asset Manager Hit With SEC Suit Over $7.4M Fraud
• Lawyers A Weak Link In AML Enforcement, Report Says
• Judge Denies Enron Investors' Bid To Retry UBS Suit
• Validity Of The 'Reliance On Consultant' Defense
• Small Funds' Big AML Compliance Risks