Capital Markets Archive » December, 2014

Capital Markets - December, 2014

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• SEC Says $3M Facebook Pre-IPO Fraud Funded Day Trading
• SEC Says Conflicts Of Interest Persist At Ratings Agencies
• Wall Street Assails Tick-Size Study's Dark Pool Treatment
• Argentina Must Give Creditors Asset Info, 2nd Circ. Rules
• New Opportunities For Distressed Investment In Germany
• CORRECTED: Arc Logistics Lines Up Potential $500M In Offerings
• 3 Life Sciences Cos. Tune IPO Plans Ahead Of New Year
• Dalian Wanda Share Prices Dip After Record $3.7B IPO
• Barnes & Noble Buys Back Pearson's Nook Stake In $28M Deal
• CBOE To Pass Regulatory Responsibility To FINRA On Jan. 1
• Renewable Energy MLP Sol-Wind Eyes $100M IPO
• DOJ Sends Message With Historic Alstom FCPA Pact
• FlipKart Draws $700M, Files To Become Public In Singapore
• Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Eyes $400M IPO
• FINRA Charges Wedbush, Reps With Fabricating Docs
• 3 Capital Markets Groups Stand Above The Rest In Busy 2014
• CFTC Fines Deutsche $3M For Books And Records Violations
• Violin, Underwriters Say $146M IPO Suit Repeats Axed Claims
• Dodd-Frank Rules Safe Under TPP, Obama Adviser Says
• UK To Criminalize Rate-Rigging After Libor, Forex Scandals
• Alstom Pays $772M In Record FCPA Settlement
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Growth Hormone Biotech Seeks $86M IPO Amid Strong Market
• SEC Hits Limits In Collapsed Herbalife Insider Case
• 5 IPOs Reap $1B In Last Full Week Of Record-Busting 2014
• Volcker Extension Stokes Fear Of Slipping Regulatory Resolve
• Market Rumors: Fitbit, Permanent TSB, American Apparel
• ESMA Publishes Final Guidance On New EU Securities Rules
• Empire State Building Investors Launch Another Suit Over IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Shearman, DPW
• Blackstone-Backed Summit Materials Plots $100M IPO
• Plummeting Oil Prices Open Door For Distressed PE In 2015
• Lead Counsel In Hi-Crush IPO Suit Cashes In For $1.3M
• 2nd Cancer Biotech Of The Week Soars In Market Debut
• The 5 Biggest Themes Dominating PE In 2014
• Dodd-Frank Agencies Coordinated Well On Volcker, GAO Finds
• 2nd Circ. Invites Insiders To Save The Tips For Friends
• Market Rumors: Carige, Carrefour, Romania
• CFTC Boots AlphaMetrix CEO After $8.4M Court Order
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis's William Candelaria
• Natural Gas MLP Regency Energy Eyes $1B Public Offering
• RBC Pays $35M To End CFTC's Wash Trading Case
• UK Supreme Court Won't Hear LME Warehouse Rule Appeal
• NYSE-Listed Cos. Rake In $182B For 2014 In 545 Offerings
• Italy's Gtech To Buy Back $920M Bond Ahead Of Merger
• Cancer Biotech Bellicum Soars After $140M IPO Trumps Range
• Spotlight On SFO: Prosecuting In The Regulator's Shadow
• Broker-Dealer Execs Plead Guilty In $60M Bribery Scheme
• Commish Knocks SEC's Absorption In Accredited Investors
• Zoosk Replaces CEO As Online Dating Company Delays IPO
• Countrywide Whistleblower Nabs $58M Over BofA Deals
• 2014 Sees Cross-Border IPOs Soar To $73B As Cos. Target US
• Fiat Chrysler Rakes In $3.89B In Stock And Bond Offering
• Avon China Pleads Guilty In $135M DOJ, SEC Deal
• On Deck Lands $1.4B Valuation As IPO Prices Above Range
• Divided SEC Fines Ex-State Street Execs After Reversal
• Chanos Beats Wynn Resorts' FCPA Defamation Suit
• Rice Midstream Falls In Debut After Pricing IPO Below Range
• Brazil's Cielo To Issue $1.28B To Fund JV With Bank
• HFT Nearly Half Of Equity Value Trades In European Markets
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• 2nd Circ. Wonders If Argentina Debt-Dodging Is 'Pathological'
• Levin Takes One Last Swing At Wall Street With Trading Bill
• FINRA In No Playing Mood With Toys R Us Research Case
• NYSE Group Plans to Cut Fees for Retail Investors
• Cancer Biotech Juno Eyes $204M IPO With Increased Terms
• CVS To Buy Back $10B In Shares, Predicts Growth In 2015
• Key Changes To ISS And Glass Lewis Voting Guidelines
• E-Cig Co. Pulls Plans For $150M IPO Citing Market Woes
• Market Rumors: Dalian Wanda, Bill Gates, Sony
• Tech IPO Pipeline Well-Stocked For 2015 Amid Funding Surge
• Biotech Acquisition Co. Prices $40M IPO
• Boeing Launches $12B Share Buyback After Strong Year
• SEC Charges Equity Research Firm With Market Manipulation
• Merrill Lynch Fined $1.9M Over Bankrupt GM Debt Sales
• Capital Markets MVP: Fenwick's Jeffrey Vetter
• Treaty Energy Execs Charged With Stock Manipulation
• Navient Will Buy Back $1B In Shares Starting Next Year
• Market Rumors: Vice Media, Evraz, Dalian Wanda
• SEC Fines Bruker Corp. $2.4M For FCPA Violations In China
• Financial Services-Focused Blank Check Co. Eyes $100M IPO
• Lehman Trustee Takes $4B Barclays Asset Fight To High Court
• Canadian Regulator Warns Brokers About US Internal Trades
• Emerson Nabs $1.4B In Sale Of Power Biz To Regal Beloit
• Tour Co. Tuniu Nixes Public Offering For $148M Investment
• Gibson Dunn Nabs 2nd Kirkland Corporate Atty This Month
• Noreco Wants $420M Debt Conversion To Avoid Bankruptcy
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Half Of Week's IPOs Miss Target As Dow Slides
• RadioShack Not In Debt Default, ISDA Panel Says
• Barclays Dark Pool Suits Consolidated In NY
• Friday's IPO Market Unfriendly To PE-Backed Cos.
• Hortonworks, New Relic Blow Away IPO Pricing In Debuts
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs White Collar Pro From Venable In NY
• Market Rumors: BAIC Motor, 1Malaysia Development, ECB
• Civitas Therapeutics Drops IPO Plan In Wake Of Acorda Deal
• SEC Asks 3rd Circ. To Uphold Whistleblower Protections
• Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's John Meade
• Connecture IPO Reaps $53M But Goes Wide Of Target
• Hearst Inks $2B Deal To Plump Up Fitch Group Stake
• MetLife To Buy Back $1B More In Shares
• 10 Steps To A FINRA-Compliant Social Media Policy
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Winstead Corporate Pro In Texas
• Detroit DDA Funds Can Be Used For Arena, Mich. AG Says
• HD Supply Launches $1.1B Follow-On Offering
• PE Soared Past Stocks In First Half
• Market Rumors: Aston Martin, Petrobras, Glencore
• Whiff Of Deal Activity Slowdown In The Air For Late 2015
• LendingClub Rallies In NYSE Debut After $870M IPO
• SIFMA Asks Sens. To Pass Cybersecurity Bill, Harmonize Regs
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Capital Markets MVP: Wilson Sonsini's Katie Martin
• German Court Faults Deutsche Telekom In IPO Disclosure
• SEC Eyeing Derivatives In Coming Fund Firm Rule Overhaul
• Polar Star Realty Halts $500M IPO Citing Market Conditions
• Miller Canfield Counsels Detroit In Closing $1.28B Bonds
• Goldman, Citi Among 10 Fined For Toys R Us Research Pledge
• 2nd Circ. Rebalances Insider Trading Law
• Dems Rail Against Swaps Push-Out Repeal In Spending Bill
• 2nd Circ. Knocks Preet Down, Not Out
• Stockholders Claim Vivint Solar's $330M IPO Misled Investors
• 8th Circ. Hits Pause On Dark Pool Marketplace's SEC Spat
• Capital Markets MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Joshua Korff
• Market Rumors: Kindred, RBS, Puerto Rico
• Maker Studios Beats Shareholder Suit Over $950M Disney Deal
• Deal Makers Knock Out Record US IPO Run In 2014
• Argentina Bank Encounters Skeptical 2nd Circ. In Bond Appeal
• Rotoplas Raises $253M In IPO With Eye On US Expansion
• Plains All American Raises $1.2B To Back Pipeline Deal
• African Bank Prioritizes Restructuring, Delays IPO
• CFTC Chair Presses Senate Committee For Bigger Budget
• Publicis Launches €1.3B Bond Offering To Back Sapient Deal
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For Insider Trading Prosecutions
• LME, Others Fight Alumnum Buyers' Bid To Revive Suit
• FINRA Says Rules On Communications, Gifts Need Tweaks
• Market Rumors: Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Santander, Ardagh
• Paul Hastings Reps Morgan Stanley In $5B Ping An Offering
• SEC Urges DC Circ. To Restore Conflict Mineral Disclosure
• Brazil's JBS Pulls $900M Notes Offering, Citing Market Woes
• SEC's BofA Stance May Turn Rubber Stamp Into Cudgel
• Juno Nears Biggest Biotech Mark With $153M IPO Plan
• Bridgepoint Investors Take $250M Buyback Suit To 9th Circ.
• CGN's $3.16B Haul Is Largest Utility & Energy IPO Of 2014
• London's Camden Market Owner Seeks IPO To Fuel Expansion
• Venture-Backed Tech Co. New Relic Ups IPO Target To $110M
• Capital Markets MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Jeffrey Karpf
• SEC Greenlights Muni Bond Best-Execution Rule
• Deal Momentum To Stay Hot For PE Players In 2015, E&Y Says
• Rice Energy's MLP Fine-Tunes $500M IPO Plans
• SEC Slaps Bitcoin Exchange Operator With Industry Bar
• Worldview Capital Sues Petroceltic, Calls For CEO's Ouster
• China Resources Land To Issue $970M For Project Buys
• Banks Face Tougher Exams Amid Calls For Reform
• Market Rumors: Dalian Wanda, BAIC Motor, Jasmine
• Capital Markets MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bill Hinman
• Hanwha Solar Inks $1.2B Deal To Merge US, German Units
• Global Cash Access Backs $1.2B Deal With Note Offering
• LendingClub Eyes $808M IPO After Boosting Price Range
• German Publisher Pays $548M To Lift Digital Classifieds Stake
• Infosys Founders Unload Stakes Worth $1B In Share Sale
• SEC, Audit Watchdog Sanction 15 For Independence Violations
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton's Rudene Haynes
• Dems Urge SEC To Rethink Oversight For Small Offerings
• L-3 Communications Flags Fresh $1.5B Share Buyback
• SEC's Stein Praises BofA Reprieve On 'Bad Actor' Label
• Market Rumors: Uber, Vale, Infosys
• Lone Biotech Braves IPO As Tech Braces For Year-End Rush
• Virginia Bank Co., Ex-CFO Settle SEC Accounting Claim
• Nasdaq Private Market Hooks Up With Motley Fool
• SIFMA Expects Long-Term Muni Bond Issuances To Rise
• Fiat Chrysler Kicks Off $2.5B Bond, Shares To Fuel Growth
• Chicago Suburb Settles SEC Bond Fraud Charges
• Weil Snags Corporate Partner From Freshfields' Paris Office
• Pulling Up Stakes: Haynes, Gibson Dunn, Weil
• Northrop Sets Aside Further $3B For Share Buyback
• Keppel DC To Raise $410M In 1st Asian Data Center REIT IPO
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• SIFMA Finds Unlikely Allies Against FINRA's Risk Data Plan
• Samsung Parent Prices At Top Of Range In $1.4B Korea IPO
• Capital Markets MVP: Paul Hastings' Michael Fitzgerald
• American Securities Reaps $213M After Trimming ADS Stake
• Capital Markets MVP: Baker Botts' Joshua Davidson
• Chilean Bus Outfit's Debt Swap Plan Gets The Green Light
• Market Rumors: Cosan, Universal Terminal, Elliot Management
• Dana Holding Plans $425M Note Offering To Lower Debt Costs
• SEC Studies Say High-Frequency Trading Has Benefits
• Uber Valued At $40B After Latest Financing Round
• Developer's $128M IPO Is Morocco's First Of The Year
• CFTC Punishes Alleged Forex Fraud Operator
• CFTC Official Wants Skin In Game For Swap Clearinghouses
• ACLU Likens FINRA's Risk Data Program To NSA Monitoring
• Obama Warned Of Weakening Finance Regs In EU Trade Talks
• Constellium To Back $1.4B Wise Deal With $666M Debt Sale
• EQT Exits Paper Co. Munksjo Ahead Of Secondary Listing
• ICBC Sells $5.7B In Offshore Preference Shares
• REIT Seer Mortgage Tosses Offering Plans To The Curb
• Small-Biz Lender On Deck Eyes $1.19B Valuation In IPO
• Malaysian Health Care Co. To Expand Footprint With IPO
• How To Grab An Economic Edge In Securities Class Actions
• Brazil Lifts Suspension On $1.6B JBS Foods IPO
• Histogenics Misses Mark To Raise $65M In IPO
• Amazon Unveils $6B Bond Issue After Moody's Cool Reception
• EQT, Goldman Reap $670M In Profits With ISS Share Sale
• Capital Markets MVP: Weil's Corey Chivers
• Weil Nabs Capital Markets Partner From Greenberg
• Market Rumors: CGN, 1MDB, Phytotech
• CME Offers $675M For GFI To Match Competing Hostile Bid
• JD.com Shareholders Pare Stakes In $619M Follow-On Offering
• Health Care Exchange Software Co. Sets Terms For $81M IPO
• Japan Toy Co. Tomy Plunks Down $118M In Buybacks
• Wells Fargo REIT Plans $275M IPO To Help Fund Asset Buys
• Omnicare Court Ponders 2 Middle Paths: 1 Rocky, 1 Smooth
• Norway Eyes Expanding $870B Wealth Fund Investments
• Market Rumors: Uber, Vale, Medtronic
• PE-Backed Auto Parts Maker MPG Revs Up For $308M IPO
• Sophisticated Deals Attys Aren't Immune To Hackers' Guile
• Bryan Cave, Conyers Guide James River's $264M IPO Plan
• Capital Markets MVP: Simpson Thacher's Leiming Chen
• Citizens Financial Plans $1.5B Offering On Heels Of IPO
• NHI To Fund $476M Senior Housing Buy With Public Offering
• SEC In Settlement Talks With Chinese Chicken Co.'s Auditor
• Banks Haven't Learned Their Lesson, Top UK Enforcer Says
• Foley Snags Ex-Akin Gump FCPA Expert For SF Office
• Strategic Hotels Plans $254M Stock Offering To Fund Growth
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Should US Law Enforcement Really Police World Soccer?
• Medtronic Offers $17B In Bonds To Finance Covidien Deal
• Cobalt Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Angola Bribery Claims
• Venture-Backed Software Analytics Co. Sets $95M IPO Target
• Market Rumors: BAIC Motor, Dalian Wanda, Sophos
• Wall Street Lobby Slams FINRA's Risk Data Program
• PE-Backed Australian Billboard Co. Eyes $141M IPO
• Baker Botts Adds Ex-Milbank Tweed Securities Litigation Pro
• Alibaba-Backed Momo Aims To Raise $276M Through US IPO
• TPG Cashes Out Of China Grand Auto After Failed IPO
• Peer-To-Peer Lending Startup Eyes $635M IPO
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• PE-Backed American Energy Raises $500M For Shale Buys
• Bev Co. To Back $1.25B DSS Buy With Large Note Offering
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• SocGen Regulatory Chief Tapped To Chair ISDA
• Software Maker Hortonworks Sets Terms For $78M IPO
• Bullish Aircraft Lessor Avolon Seeks $314M IPO