Asset Management Archive » February, 2017

Asset Management - February, 2017

249 articles

• UBS Units Beat Lingering Suit Over Brokers' Enron Knowledge
• SEC's Belt To Tighten Under New Administration
• Nortel Creditors Seek $4M Cut To Indenture Trustee Fee Bid
• NJ Judge Axes Vestiges Of Morgan Stanley Advisers' OT Suit
• Merrill Lynch Faces Class Claims Over Customer Cash Use
• Cos. Linked To $7.4M Chilean Fraud Need US Receiver: Judge
• Morgan Stanley Says Tax Reporting Mishap Could Cost $70M
• Real Estate Rumors: Equinix, Olnick, Miami Worldcenter
• REIT Land Securities Sells Leisure Property For $134M
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Debevoise, Sidley, White & Case
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• How The Courts Review Executive Orders
• UBS Says Investor Wasn't A Customer, Can't Arbitrate Claim
• Victim Negligence Is No Wire Fraud Defense, 9th Circ. Says
• Pa. Entrepreneur Sues Investment Adviser For $10M
• Arbitrator To Say If Highland Fee Dispute Is Arbitrable
• Prevezon Scores 2nd Deposition In $230M Tax Fraud Suit
• No Quick Win For Japanese Investors Over Ponzi Allegations
• Perrigo Inks $2.85B Divestiture Amid Activist Pressure
• Ex-Regulators Warn Governments On Bank Deregulatory Push
• Judge Shaves Year Off Rothstein Fund Manager's Sentence
• DTCC Wraps Up Blockchain Trial For Repo Trades
• Katten Muchin Adds Finance Partner From Proskauer
• Meridian Closes $227M Purchase Of DC-Area Office Portfolio
• Financial Services Committee Slams SEC's Budget Plans
• SunTrust Faces SEC Fine Over Mutual Fund Sales Practices
• Biz Groups Appeal DOL Fiduciary Rule Fight To 5th Circ.
• FINRA Fines JP Morgan $675K Over Late Reporting
• Judge Orders Former Madoff Employee To Give Up $1.1M
• NY High Court Expands Protections For Financial Traders
• The Next Battleground For SEC Judge Constitutionality
• The Loss Of Confidentiality In NY Arbitral Enforcement Cases
• Cos., Others Must Pay Over $7M In Pyramid Scheme Case
• SEC Says Traders Used Inside Info On Fortress, SoftBank Deal
• 11th Circ. OKs Rothstein Fund Manager's Safe Harbor Defense
• Acting SEC Chair Sets Sights On Disclosure 'Avalanche'
• IBM Asks Judge To Toss 'Amorphous' Revamped ERISA Suit
• Brokers Fight To Keep $20M Botched Trade Award Suit In NY
• SEC To Call Off Industry Bars On Pre-Dodd-Frank Offenses
• Deals Rumor Mill: Terra Firma, FNB, Royal Bank Of Canada
• LaSalle Logiport REIT Pays $107M For Logistics Property
• Shareholder Suits Over Loans Keep Piling Up Against REIT
• Hanover Can't Escape Coverage For Alleged Kickback Scheme
• AES, Alberta Investment Pay $853M For Solar Co. SPower
• Ex-NFL Players Can't Catch Quick Win In Investment Fraud Suit
• Advenir Taps $100M Credit Facility For Texas Purchase
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Protected Doc Use Flagged In Merrill Bid To Block Arbitration
• InspireMD Beats Finder's Fee Bid Over $24M, For Now
• Ex-Goldman VP Takes Code Theft Case To NY High Court
• Former IMF Head Sentenced To 4.5 Years For Embezzlement
• Tilton, Patriarch Fail To Shake $45M Fraud Suit
• Investcorp Drops $400M On 3 US Residential Properties
• Firm To Pay $3.4M Over Broker's Commissions From Tribe
• Robo-Advisers Must Be Mindful Of Advisers Act, SEC Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Lexington, Pace Editions
• Faruqi Beats Ex-Partner's Suit Over Client Commissions
• Firms Fight Over $2M Probe Of Overbilling $75M Fee Pot
• Financial Services In The 1st Month Of Trump Presidency
• L3 To Pay $34.5M To Settle Accounting Fraud Class Action
• Jones Day, Dechert Steer StepStone Real Estate's $700M Fund
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Grant Thornton, EisnerAmper Near KO Of $100M Fraud Claims
• Feds Seek To Reduce Rothstein Fund Manager's Sentence
• Resource Capital Dealt Another Shareholder Suit Over Loans
• Conn. Ponzi Schemer Still Must Pay $370M, 2nd Circ. Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Jeff Sutton, Tenet Healthcare, Compass
• Jana Scores Board Seats At Tiffany & Co., Bristol-Meyers
• 11th Circ. Affirms Wells Fargo Property Interest In Nadel Case
• PTAB Upholds Pozen Patent In Kyle Bass Challenge
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Ashford Lobs $1.3B Bid At Fellow REIT, Readies Proxy Contest
• SEC Sues Fugitive Over $1.7M Forex Ponzi Scheme
• Killam Apartment REIT To Raise $53M Through Share Sale
• First Potomac Sells 2 D.C.-Area Properties For $89M
• REIT Geo Group Inks $360M Deal For Prison Rehab Provider
• Split DC Circ. Nixes Fannie, Freddie 'Profit Sweep' Suits
• Mitsui To Spend Up To $550M To Enter US Real Estate Market
• Kan. Stock Promoter Says 10th Circ. Order Blocks SEC Case
• Shkreli, Ex-Katten Atty Seek To Split Criminal Cases
• Swedish Pension Fund Unloads $2.1B In Assets
• DOL Notches Win Against Insurer's Fiduciary Rule Challenge
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker Gets 3 Years For Leaking Tips To Dad
• LA's Mark Geragos Preps NY Pension Whiz For $2B Bribe Trial
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Skadden, Kirkland
• How The Obiang Case Exposes Limits Of Forfeiture Efforts
• Texas Justices Won't Review Morgan Keegan Securities Suit
• $3.9M Ends SEC's Stanford Ponzi Claims Against Ex-Exec
• Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Rethink Trading Patents' Alice Validity
• Anti-Money Laundering Expectations Under Trump
• NYU Asks Judge To Toss ERISA Suits Over Retirement Plan
• Commerzbank Tells Judge Not To Toss Wells Fargo RMBS Suit
• Alternative Asset Manager Hamilton Lane Primes $190M IPO
• Investors Can't Revise Distribution For $15M Farm Loan Scam
• Texas Holding Cos. Carried Out $13M 'Egregious Fraud': SEC
• Real Estate Rumors: Hampshire, Western Beef, Mount Sinai
• Acting SEC Chair Curbs Enforcement Staff's Power
• 6th Circ. Slams IRS In Retirement Transfers Dispute
• Euronext Says New Platform Shields From High-Speed Traders
• Fannie Mae Shareholders Want 2nd Chance In Deloitte Suit
• Morgan Stanley Pays FINRA Fine Over Municipal Bond Trades
• Prevezon Blasts New Gov't Evidence In $230M Tax Fraud Suit
• Ex-Calif. Atty Get 6 Years For $4.5M Investment Scheme
• DC Circ. Agrees To Rethink SEC Judges' Constitutionality
• Arconic Begins Unwinding Alcoa Stake With $890M Share Sale
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• GOP Votes To Repeal DOL Rules On State Retirement Plans
• Millionaire Who Killed Son Presses $37M Merrill Fraud Case
• Ariz. Man Settles SEC's Real Estate Fraud Claims
• REIT Broadstone Net Lease Prices $150M Debt Offering
• Ex-SocGen Employee Loses Bid To Vacate Arbitration Award
• Judge Botched Trial Of NBA Investment Adviser, 7th Circ. Told
• FINRA Makes Oil And Gas Securities Co., CEO Return $24.6M
• Trusts Say New Reps Will Resist Feds' 1MDB Asset Grabs
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• Weil, Kirkland, Skadden Helm SoftBank's $3.3B Fortress Buy
• Blake Cassels, Osler Hoskin Guide $229M Canada REIT Merger
• Real Estate Rumors: 151, Wheelock, American Real Estate
• Platinum Partners, Dechert Parting Ways In $1B Fraud Suit
• Deutsche Bank Gets Claims Trimmed In Forex Delay Suit
• Investment Firm DLB Seeks $8M In Suit Over Sour Acquisition
• Morgan Stanley Pays $8M, Admits Wrongdoing Over ETFs
• Morgan Keegan Award Ruling Unfair, Investor Tells 11th Circ.
• Feds Seek 5 Years For Banker Who Gave Dad Merger Tips
• What You Need To Know About 'Unrestricted Subsidiaries'
• Overcoming Obstacles To Financial Reform And Deregulation
• 9th Circ. Skeptical UBS Account Suit Can Proceed In Calif.
• Valeant, Ackman Ink Allergan Litigation Management Deal
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Mnuchin Wins Confirmation As Treasury Secretary
• FINRA Seeks Input On Rollback Of Investment Projection Ban
• Ex-Galleon Trader Gives Up $7.3M For Insider Trading Scheme
• Ontario Pension Board Inks $574M Bond, Its Largest Ever
• NFL Player Adviser Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Sales
• REIT Sunstone Hotel Sells Calif. Property For $125M
• Pamplona, Ascent Plug $100M Into New Biz Nova Sciences
• ADT Insider Trader Must Pay Enhanced $2.8M Forfeiture
• Shareholder Activism On The Rise In Europe, Asia
• REIT Macerich's Board OKs $500M Share Repurchase
• Plan Sponsors, Approach Target-Date Funds With Caution
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Seeks Acquittal On Sole Guilty Count
• Senators Question Goldman's Influence On Trump's Orders
• Senate To Vote Monday On Trump Treasury Pick Mnuchin
• Pension Suit Over Yahoo Investment In Alibaba Again Tossed
• House GOP Taking Aim At SEC Whistleblower Program
• MF Global Insurers' TRO Appeal Denied As Moot
• Great Portland Unloading London Development In $542M Deal
• NY Panel Says Bear Fund Liquidators Suit Time-Barred
• Unite-GIC Venture Lands $284M Student Housing Complex
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Citigroup 'Boys' Club' Bias Suit Looks Bound For Arbitration
• Del. Judge Upholds Skadden Duck Of Radnor Ex-CEO's Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Bracewell, Debevoise
• How Open-End Funds Can Utilize Swing Pricing
• Trump Faces Longer Odds To Ax Fiduciary Rule After DOL Win
• LSE Urges Issuers To Step Up Environmental Reporting
• Starcrest Capital Closes $181M China Real Estate Fund
• Golf Tix Gifts Cost Investment Firm, Owner $400K SEC Fine
• Tower Research Gets Investors' Korean Futures Suit Tossed
• Hype Surrounds Trump's Financial Regulation Orders
• UK Financial Sector Shares Top Regulatory Concerns For 2017
• Post-Spokeo Issues Emerge In The 5th Circ.
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Delaware Justice Randy J. Holland To Retire In March
• Giancarlo Nearing Nomination For CFTC Chairman
• Shkreli Involved In Tech Startup Looking To Raise $1M
• SIFMA Blasts NYSE's 'Game Of Thrones' Analogy In Fee Fight
• DOL Beats Latest Challenge To Fiduciary Rule
• SEC's Exam Team Identifies Frequent Adviser Deficiencies
• Warren Says Industry Supports, Is Ready For Fiduciary Rule
• High Court Case May Doom $17M Eminence Short-Swing Suit
• DRA Advisors Pays Cabot $1.1B For Industrial Portfolio
• DOJ Criminal Division In 2016: Fraud Section Rising
• Inside The CFTC's New Advisories On Cooperation
• Groups Sue To Block Trump's 2-For-1 Regulatory Order
• Starwood Deal Pushes 4 Firms To Top Jan. Real Estate M&A
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Starboard Settlement Adds Fresh Faces To Perrigo's Board
• SEC Bars Real Estate Investor Over His $20M Fee
• Real Estate Rumors: Henderson, Adam Leitman Bailey, KPMG
• Simpson Thacher Lands Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• Investors Blast Snap's Plan To Offer Non-Voting Shares
• Sens. Ask CFTC To Account For IT, Whistleblower Lapses
• 1st Circ. Affirms Conviction In Fake Hedge Fund Scam
• Convicted Ex-JPMorgan Trader Seeks 4 Years' Probation
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Late Changes To Fiduciary Rule Memo Sow Confusion
• Ex-Financial Adviser To Pro Athletes Cops To Stealing $1M
• 2 Sentenced For $250M Offshore Pump-And-Dump, Tax Dodge
• Investment Co. Sued Over Alleged 'Hamilton' Ponzi Scheme
• Jefferies Sues To Halt FINRA Arbitration Over Stock Drop
• Cohen Milstein Brings Aboard Ex-NJ Securities Chief
• Ex-Execs Fight Discovery Freeze In $1B Platinum Fraud Suit
• Piwowar Orders SEC To Reconsider Pay Ratio Rules
• 10th Circ. Reassigns Fraud Suit From Outspoken Judge
• Law Firms That Double-Billed For Staff Attys Face $2M Probe
• Fla. Wealth Manager Stole Our Name, Ariel Investments Says
• Real Estate Rumors: CL Investment, Burwell, InvenTrust
• Cleary, Fried Frank Steer $450M Goldman-SL Green NYC Loan
• House Dems Blast Trump Efforts To Scale Back Dodd-Frank
• No JPMorgan Discovery For Aozora As Timeliness Is Weighed
• J.P. Morgan Loans $92M For San Diego-Area Mall
• Ex-Banker Urges High Court To Review Whistleblower Status
• Dodd-Frank Tinkering Risks Global Stability, EU Warns Trump
• Missing Pension Plan Participants: Gone But Not Forgotten
• Bruising Fight For Fate Of Dodd-Frank Lies Ahead
• MF Global Customer Attys Must Redraw Fee Bid
• Gov't Pushes For $2.8M From Ex-Analyst For Insider Trading
• AEW Closes Latest Seniors Housing Fund At $500M
• The Short-Swing Profit Rule And Its Impact
• Real Estate Rumors: Admiralty, NYC Penthouse, Hersha
• 2016's Top 5 Activists And Their Biggest Plays Of The Year
• SEC Says Investment Adviser Bilked $4M In Ponzi Scheme
• CORRECTED: Trump Orders Review Of Dodd-Frank And Fiduciary Rule
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Cooley, Skadden
• FINRA Is Ready To Focus On 'Blocking And Tackling'
• Gorsuch Could Tip Scales Against SEC's Admin Court
• MF Global Insurers Want Do-Over On Jurisdiction
• House Committee Chair Wants Pause On DOL Fiduciary Rule
• CFTC Grants Grace Period For EU Swap Margin Rules
• Linklaters, Greenberg Guide $179M Polish Malls Deal
• Cleary Gottlieb Guides Argentina's $7B Bond Offering
• REIT Apollo Commercial Did $160M Of Loans In January
• Neustar Investors Challenge $2.9B PE Shop Acquisition
• Prudential Investors Retreat From Excessive Fee Suit
• Convicted JPMorgan Trader Can't Get New Trial
• REIT LaSalle Sells Seattle Hotel To AJ Capital For $55M
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Considerations For 2017
• Can Federal Agencies Reverse Course Under Trump?
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• REIT's $1.5B IPO Thrusts 1 Firm Ahead Of Pack In Jan.
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Atty Says EB-5 Investments Not Securities In SEC Suit
• Securities Co. Pays $16M In Suit Over Schilling's 38 Studios
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Hartford Investment Management Fees Excessive, Judge Told
• Defining Corporate Criminal Liability For Insider Trading
• 2nd Circ. Revives JPMorgan Silver Futures Antitrust Suit
• Anderson Kill Adds 3 Veteran Attys To Corporate Group
• Sullivan, Vinson Elkins Guiding Clipper Realty's $103M IPO
• 5 Firms Steer Columbia-Millennia $268M Deal And Financing
• BlackRock Grabs Infrastructure Funds After Trump Actions
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator
• Key Takeaways From FINRA's 2017 Priorities Letter
• Senate Panel Advances Price, Mnuchin Without Dems Present