Capital Markets Archive » December, 2015

Capital Markets - December, 2015

212 articles

• How To Woo In-House Counsel In 2016
• Capital Markets Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2016
• Capital Markets Attys Hopeful For IPO Rebound In New Year
• 'Unicorn' Tech Co.'s $200M Deal Leads Pipeline Of 4 IPOs
• Checks Needed For Naughty List To Improve Wall Street's Rep
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• SEC Transfer Agent Rule Revamp Faces Uncertain Future
• Lehman Sues Retirement Home Operator Over Swap Deal
• US, Hong Kong Regulators Boost Cross-Border Info Sharing
• FINRA Fines Macquarie $2.95M Over Inaccurate Trade Data
• CFTC Defends $3M Penalty For Intrade In Illegal Options Row
• China To Extend Foreign Currency Exchange Trading Hours
• Solvay Rights Issue Pulls In $1.6B For Aerospace Buy
• HK Exchange Seeks More Environmental Info From Listed Firms
• SEC's Proposed Derivatives Rule And Potential Consequences
• Prof Says SEC May Plan Political Money Rule Despite Budget
• Ares Nabs $741M UK-Based Loan Portfolio From Barclays
• Morgan Stanley, SocGen Units Pay $10M In SEC 'Parking' Case
• Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo Want BlackRock MBS Suits Nixed
• High Court Asked To Weigh Repose Statutes In $2B MBS Suit
• On Exit SEC's Aguilar Urges Secondary Market Reforms
• Venture-Backed Optics Co. Acacia Files For $125M IPO
• Deutsche Bank Rigged Forex By Delaying Trades, Suit Says
• Ex-RBS Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Cantor Fitzgerald Hit With $7.3M FINRA Trading Penalties
• SEC, Steve Cohen Set Date For In-House Trial
• Fed Outlines Excess Capital Buffer For Big Banks
• CFTC Chair Slams Congress For Denying Budget Bump
• Trader's Expert Dodges DQ Bid In CFTC Spoofing Case
• UK Court Cuts Sentence For Ex-Libor Trader To 11 Years
• Argentina Agrees To Hold Debt Talks Next Month
• Serious Fraud Office Charges Trader In Euribor Scheme
• Banks Say 2nd Circ. Violated 'Cardinal Rule Of Usury'
• Investors Slam Airline Volaris' Move To Toss IPO Suit
• IPOs Cool In Final Stretch Of 2015 With Solo Debut
• Fed Says It Will Tailor Stress Tests For Less Complex Banks
• 10 Things You May Have Missed In Proposed Regulation AT
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• SEC Approval Of Digital Shares Could Spur Experimentation
• SEC Says Private Investor Standards May Be Out Of Date
• Weight Loss Drug Maker Latest To Pull IPO Amid Weak Market
• Debevoise Adds Ex-Sullivan Dealmaker In Hong Kong
• Latham Steers Searchlight Capital In $1.9B Fund Close
• JPMorgan Pays $307M To Settle SEC, CFTC Probes
• $5M Health Software Shareholder Deal Gets Initial OK
• $100M Twitter Pre-IPO Dispute Hits Del. High Court
• OCC Bank Recovery Plans Follow Europe's Lead
• Habib Bank To Overhaul Anti-Laundering Measures In NY Deal
• Dutch Court Lifts Capital Requirements For Euronext
• PE Firms To Sell $14B Worth Of NYSE Parent Co.'s Stock
• 6 Ex-UBS Employees Banned In Wake Of Forex Scandal
• New Iranian Petroleum Contract Could Fix Buyback Issues
• China Looks To Capital Markets To Fight Poverty
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 3
• From The Book Of Jargon: Fallen Angel
• OCC To Require Banks To Put Together Recovery Plans
• CFTC's Massad Bets Crisis-Era Chops On Eased Margin Rule
• FINRA Task Force Calls For More Transparency In Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cofco, Airbus, Sharp Corp.
• Regulators Will Push Banks To Prep For Future Rate Hikes
• Investors Can Pursue Del. Suit Over Fund's Facebook Shares
• Evidence Backs Rabobankers' Libor Convictions, Feds Say
• Puerto Rico Doesn't Get Ch. 9 Access In Budget Bill
• Overstock.com Clears SEC Hurdle To Digital Shares
• Spending Bill Bars SEC Rulemaking On Political Spending
• Split CFTC Finalizes Swap Margin Rules Amid Controversy
• Banks Gain Little Ground In Omnibus Spending Bill
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 2
• Deutsche Bank Says $330M RMBS Suit Can't Be Brought Twice
• ICSID Ends Argentina Debt Action After Fees Went Unpaid
• Enzymotec Can't Shake Shareholder Suit Over $70M IPO
• JPMorgan Units Fined $3.9M In HK For Trading Breaches
• Bain Capital Closes 3rd Asia-Focused Fund With $3B Raised
• Report Says Overall IPO Market Cooled Significantly In 2015
• Vegas Showroom REIT Scraps $185M Public Debut
• U.S. Venture Partners Raises $300M With An Eye On Startups
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• $2B Forex Class Settlement Gets Preliminary OK
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 1
• What You Should Know Going Into The IPO Market
• Inside Nasdaq's Proposed Shareholder Approval Rules
• EU Agency Floats US-Inspired Derivative Margin Reform
• Michael Lewis Rips Lobbying Against 'Flash Boys' Exchange
• Aluminum Users Continue Bid To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Trader 3Red Blasts CFTC Bid To DQ Expert In Spoofing Case
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Securities Firms' Fee Suit
• Allen & Overy Adds Ex-Cleary Atty To Boost Securities Group
• AB InBev Readies 'Domestic' Johannesburg Stock Listing
• EC To Review Small-Biz Impact Of Capital Markets Rules
• Blackstone Closes Latest Global Fund With $18B In Capital
• Securities Developments In Israel And What They Mean
• The CFTC's New Enforcement Focus
• SEC Guards Fund Industry Turf With New Derivatives Rules
• Dark-Pool Marketplace To Seek Sanctions Against SEC
• 5 Trends Real Estate GCs Will Watch In 2016
• DLA Lures Finance Pros From Baker & McKenzie, Slaughter
• Aid Groups Say Feds Must Ease Bank Money Laundering Fears
• Litvak Decision A Boon To Securities Fraud Defendants
• SEC Says 'Boiler Room' Fooled Elderly Into Soccer Club Stock
• Equity Committee For Alpha A Pointless Ask, US Trustee Says
• Hong Kong Exchange Offers Guidance To Stem Trading Halts
• Split SEC Proposes New Derivatives, Mining Disclosure Rules
• House Passes Bicameral Bill Stepping Up Trade Enforcement
• Vivint Solar 'Flawed' Shareholder IPO Suit Tossed
• Basel Committee OKs Using Credit Ratings To Evaluate Risk
• 10-Year Sentence Too Harsh, $959M Fraudster Tells 2nd Circ.
• Senate GOP Floats Puerto Rico Debt Relief Plan
• Tech Unicorn Atlassian's IPO Soars Despite Cold Tech Market
• Nixon Peabody Hit With Malpractice Claim In Twitter Share Suit
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $225M To End RMBS Suits
• Banks Shouldn't Expect Enforcement Lull To Last
• Davis Polk Reps Visa On $16B Bond To Retake Europe Unit
• Yum Pledges To Return $6.2B To Shareholders Ahead Of Split
• Barnes & Thornburg Atty Sanctioned For Tweeting Evidence
• 2 Life Science Cos. Pull IPOs Over Weak Market Conditions
• Facebook Takes Objection To Nasdaq's IPO Deal To 2nd Circ.
• Dexia Can't Bring $626M MBS Suit, Morgan Stanley Says
• Fed Approves Bank Of America's Revised Capital Plan
• China Won't Limit Foreign Investment In Oil Futures
• From The Book Of Jargon: Bad Actor
• The Art Of The Mock
• China To Enact Market-Based IPO Reforms Over 2 Years
• 10th Circ. Denies Oppenheimer's Junk Bond Class Cert. Appeal
• Lawmakers Reach Deal On Customs Enforcement Bill
• 6 Chinese Firms Soar Onto Market After IPO Freeze
• Sen. Hatch Blocks Bid To Pass Puerto Rico Ch. 9 Bill
• Canada's Plan To Stimulate Rights Offerings Goes Live
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• The Potential Impact Of Limiting Fed Emergency Lending
• Groupon Slams Investors For 'Fight Over Nothing' In IPO Row
• China Postal Bank Sells Stake For $7B In Anticipation Of IPO
• The First Insider Trader In Commodities
• Yahoo Nixes Alibaba Spinoff Plan Amid Activist Pressure
• NCUA Tells 9th Circ. Goldman, Nomura MBS Claims Are Timely
• 2nd Circ.'s Litvak Reversal Has Silver Lining For Prosecutors
• Nasdaq Buys Chi-X Canada To Expand Cross-Border Business
• Puerto Rican Utility Delays Restructuring Support Deadline
• High Court's Ch. 9 Stance Key To Puerto Rico's Fate
• DOJ Urges Justices To Reject Appeal By Ex-UBS Execs
• S. Korea To Sell Yuan-Denominated Sovereign Bonds In China
• Lawmakers Nearing Deal On Customs Enforcement Bill
• Airbnb Raises $1.5B From More Than 100 Investors
• Chinacast Says Banks Missed 'Red Flags,' Allowed $35M Theft
• NJ Man Charged With Swindling IPO Investors
• France Hits Virtu, Euronext With Market Manipulation Fines
• China Relaxes Fund Transfer Rules For Foreign Investors
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Gets Conviction Overturned By 2nd Circ.
• Applications And Problem Areas Of New NJ Crowdfunding Law
• Getting The Markets Back Into The Fast Lane
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Venable To Blame In $11M Facebook IPO Scam, 9th Circ. Told
• SEC Puts Attorneys On Notice With EB-5 Enforcement
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• HK Regulator Fines BNP Unit $1.9M Over 'Dark Pool' Breaches
• EU Probes Biofuel Cos. Over Benchmark Manipulation
• K&L Gates Adds Agribusiness, Deals Pros In Brisbane
• SEC Sanctions Attys For Flouting Rules In EB-5 Offerings
• Foresight Energy Evaded Dues On $606M Notes, Judge Says
• Australian Tech 'Unicorn' Atlassian Upsizes IPO To $429M
• Intrade Slams CFTC's $3M Penalty In Illegal Options Row
• Chinese Bourses To Adopt Circuit Breaker In 2016
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• SEC Admin Court Opponents Says Planned Fixes Fall Short
• BNY Mellon Investors Win $45M In Attys Fees In Forex Suit
• 5 Firms Guide Netherlands' $4.2B ABN Amro Offering
• 'JOBS Act 2.0' Measures Sail Through Highway Bill
• India Proposes New Green Bond Regulations
• FSB Sets Up Task Force For Climate-Change Risk Disclosure
• Metals Dealers Blast CFTC For Putting Squeeze On Witnesses
• CFTC Bashes Corzine's Bid To Stay MF Global Case
• High Court To Hear Puerto Rico's Appeal In Debt Fight
• Veteran Capital Markets, Tax Atty Rejoins Dentons
• European Commission Clears 13 Banks In CDS Investigation
• Bumble Bee, Thai Co. Drop $1.5B Tuna Tieup Over DOJ Fears
• EU Disclosure Revamp Stirs Hope, But Quick Action Unlikely
• GSV Left On The Hook For Fraud Claims In Twitter Stock Suit
• Judge Nixes Traders' CME High-Frequency Trading Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Shareholders OK Ferrari Separation
• Fifth Street Looks To Toss Or Move Shareholder Suit
• Forex Judge Seeks Damages Details Before $2B Deal Approval
• EU Capital Market Plans Making Headway, Official Says
• Reed Smith Hires Capital Markets Head, 2 More Attys In NY
• UK Real Estate Agent Purplebricks To Raise $88M In IPO
• FERC Makes Case For Barclays $453M Manipulation Fine
• Fed Chair Says Benefits Of Regulation Outweigh Costs
• Chicago Traders Hit With SEC Charges Over Options Scams
• From The Book Of Jargon: YieldCo
• Athlete Stock IPO Could Draw Regulators Along With Fans
• CFTC Deploys New Insider Trading Powers In Settlement
• Barclays Says Forex Fine Irrelevant To $2B Antitrust Deal
• AmSurg Seeks $440M Offering To Pay Debt, Fund Acquisitions
• SEC Puts Pre-IPO Securities Swaps On Hot Seat
• SEC Fines Grant Thornton, Partners Over Missed Red Flags
• House Committee Urged To Curtail SEC In-House Court
• China Eases Limits On Some Corporate Bond Issuances
• Are Seesaw Share Prices Impacting Yieldco Buying Power?
• To Halliburton And Back: What To Expect From Round 3
• SEC Accuses Virtual Currency Miner Of $19M Investment Fraud
• One Firm Grabs Spotlight Amid Shaky November For IPOs
• 7 Banks Make Bid To Exit Forex Price-Fixing Lawsuit
• JPMorgan Must Face Suit Over $1.9B MBS Trust: NY Court
• Pillsbury Adds Deals Pros From Latham, Stikeman Elliott
• Hedge Fund Firm BlueCrest To Return $8B As It Goes Private
• Wannabe Dark Pool Calls SEC's Status Denial Baseless
• Stock Transfer Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Wire Fraud
• Puerto Rico Avoids Default, Asks For Bankruptcy Option
• CFTC Watchdog Probing Whistleblower Office Awards
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics