Capital Markets Archive » February, 2016

Capital Markets - February, 2016

259 articles

• Global Regulators Turn Wary Eye On Fintech
• Chinacast Drops Litigation Against Banks Over $35M Theft
• Delaware Court Tosses Zynga Stock Offering Suit
• Ex-Fannie Mae CEO Denied Exit From SEC Subprime Loan Suit
• Investor Says SAT Prep Owner Knew Projections Were Off
• FINRA Plan Would Force Bond Dealers To Show Price Markups
• Sidley Nabs 2 Baker Botts Transaction Pros In Dallas
• US-Listed Chinese Cos. Not Wavering In Push To Head Home
• Ex-Nomura Workers Can't Escape RMBS Suit, Feds Argue
• Yodle Yanks $75M IPO Ahead Of $342M Web.com Acquisition
• FINRA Is Concerned About Firm Culture: What Does It Mean?
• Argentina Reaches $4.6B Deal To End 'Epic' Debt Battle
• 11th Circ. Struggles With Challenges To SEC In-House Court
• 3 Keys To A Successful IPO And Life As A Public Company
• Chinese Regulators Deny Rumors Of Listing Rule Change
• Ex-SEC Officials Say Barclays Class Cert. Defies Halliburton
• US Bank Has Mixed Day In RMBS Trust Cases
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ausgrid, Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Alibaba
• FXCM Pushes Court To Toss 'Revisionist' Investor Suit
• RBS Says Litigation Costs Led To Nearly $3B Loss
• UBS To Pay $33M In Credit Union RMBS Deal
• Commodity Panel's Industry-Friendly Report Draws Fire
• DLA Piper Picks Up Ex-Proskauer Private Equity Pro
• FINRA Arbitration Beset With Unpaid Awards, Report Says
• Canada Securities Regulators Revamp Hostile Takeover Rules
• EU's First Crowdfunded Security Set To Hit Belgian Market
• Singapore's CapitaLand Mall Trust Floats $71M In Notes
• High-Risk Cos. Seek Reg A+ Deals But Liquidity Is A Concern
• MSRB Highlights Compliance Risks For Muni Broker-Dealers
• Seward & Kissel Nabs Ex-SEC Regulator From Locke Lord
• Trust Indenture Act: What Is All The Fuss About?
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• From The Book Of Jargon: Bed Bug Letter
• DC Circ. Says No To Halting Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• Law360 Capital Markets Editorial Advisory Board
• Capital Markets Watchdog To Open Asian Hub In Malaysia
• Bracewell Adds Experienced Tax Partner To New York Office
• Only 1 Firm Should Lead Party City IPO Suit, Judge Says
• Harmonizing Financial Regulations Across Borders
• SEC, DOL Sparred Over Proposed Fiduciary Rule, Report Says
• Shumaker Loop, Gibson Guide Welltower's $700M Debt Deal
• Dodd-Frank Impact Divides Analysts Before House Panel
• HK Securities Watchdog To Expand Short Position Reporting
• Judge Nixes Northstar Claims Over Schwab Bond Fund
• Silicon Valley Startup Valuations Start To Plateau
• UBS, 5 Other Banks Ink $100M Muni Derivatives Deal
• Argentina Nears $5B Settlement In Default Saga
• Changing Winds: Securities Fraud In NY's First Department
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Banks Say New 2nd Circ. Ruling Shows Lack Of Jurisdiction
• 'London Whale' Trader Opens Up About JPMorgan Debacle
• Shareholders Win Cert. In Suit Over Tibetan Pharma Co.'s IPO
• SEC Strikes Final Deal In Suit Over Football Field Laser Co.
• OCC's Capital Plan Poses Imminent Harm, DC Circ. Told
• CFTC Algo Code Review Plan Raises Due Process Concerns
• Chesapeake Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix $380M Bond Buyback Order
• Up-C IPOs Quietly Gaining Traction During Market Lull
• Covisint Shareholders Get Class Cert. In Suit Over IPO
• Nasdaq Taps 'Cognitive Computing' Co. For Trade Monitoring
• Deutsche Bank Bondholders Avoid Buyback
• Cisco, EBay, Magellan Price $8.4B In Bond Offerings
• Groupon Settles Derivative Suit Over 2011 IPO
• Genworth Slams Investors' Class Cert. Bid In IPO Suit
• London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse In Merger Talks
• SEC Urges DC Circ. To Uphold Clearing Corp.'s Capital Plan
• Execs, Web Promoter Charged With $600M Currency Scheme
• SEC Speaks '16: Enforcement Agenda Goes Beyond Disclosure
• Hughes Hubbard Taps SEC Veterans From Locke Lord
• Law360's FINRA Arbitration Cheat Sheet
• Immunotherapy Biotech Syndax Sets Terms On $66M IPO
• Judge Says Argentina Can Drop Injunctions To Pay Debt
• Debevoise Snags Ex-SEC Asset Management Unit Co-Head
• SEC Investor Advocate Rips Exchanges' 'Race To The Bottom'
• Rabobank Can't Duck Libor Class Allegations, Judge Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: ZTO Express, Yahoo, Sharp Corp.
• Tossed Yen Libor Claims Can't Be Reasserted, Judge Says
• IRS Floats New Rule On Who Can Issue Tax-Exempt Bonds
• Argentina Says Injunctions Being Used As 'Club' In Deal Talks
• Dacheng Parts With Chinese Pharma Client In $6M Suit
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• Staffing Co. Never Paid For Deals Advice, Law Firm Says
• SEC Wants Trading Records, Not To Expose 'Secret Sauce'
• Cybersecurity Failures Can Spark Enforcement, SEC Says
• NYSE Drops Proposal To Flag Anomalous ETF Trades
• SEC's Stein Calls For ETF Regulation 'Roadmap'
• Rimon Scores Foley & Lardner Transactions Wiz In Fla.
• Robbins Geller, Others Want $57M In Goldman RMBS Saga
• SEC Considering Rules For Online Investor Disclosures
• FINRA Finds UBS Liable For $1.5M In Puerto Rican Bond Case
• CFTC Sues Canadian Over Illicit $2M Commodity Pool
• Disclosure Isn't Only Weapon In SEC Arsenal, Chief Says
• Stricken Yen Libor Complaint Can't Be Refiled, HSBC Says
• More Biotech IPOs Likely To Rely On Insiders Amid Slump
• FINRA Bars Chicago Broker For Alleged Stock Manipulation
• Cooley Brings Back Life Sciences Pro From Hogan Lovells
• MoFo Grows Bankruptcy Practice With Creditor-Side Pro
• New FINRA Sweep Probes Broker-Dealer Compliance Culture
• Kraft Points Finger At CFTC In Wheat Manipulation Case
• Influential Democrat Formally Opposes TPP Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zhong An, Starboard, Affinity Equity
• Aurelius, NML Fight To Preserve Injunctions On Argentina
• Hawkins Delafield, Winston Strawn Guide NY Law's $140M Deal
• Wall St. Players Sue SEC To Stop Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• Mezz Loans Becoming Backbone Of Real Estate Crowdfunding
• Algorithmic Trading Regulation With An Enforcement Edge
• Barclays Pays $50M To Settle NY Forex Rigging Claims
• Overseas Securities Litigation Is Coming Of Age
• Ex-Rabobankers Denied Acquittal, New Trial In Libor Scam
• GOP Reps. Push CFIUS To Review Chicago Exchange Sale
• Argentina To Pay $1B To End Debt Fight With EM, Montreux
• SEC Floats Rule With FDIC On Failing Broker-Dealers
• $27M Goldman CDO Deal Gets Judge's Initial Sign-Off
• Genworth Says Witness Recantations Ruin Investors' IPO Suit
• Bankia Commits $2B To Repay Retail Investors For IPO Bust
• IRS Locks In Rules On Broker Reporting Obligations
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-BakerHostetler M&A Pro In Houston
• Argentina Reaches Settlement In Bondholder Class Action
• Scalia Held Firm Against Expanding Securities Law
• SEC Agrees To Stay Ex-Nomura Workers' Civil Suit
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• 'Too Big To Fail' Banks Still A Problem, Fed Official Says
• Apple Turns To Green Bonds In Latest Mega-Debt Deal
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Reed Smith Finance Pro In SF
• DLA Piper Leads $62M IPO For India Staffing Giant TeamLease
• Chinese Regulator Authorizes 9 IPOs On Eve Of New Rules
• ESMA Opens Consultation To Clean Up Benchmarks Regulaton
• Trader Says Novel Spoofing Conviction Should Be Overturned
• Orrick Adds 7 More Partners To New Houston Office
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Signature Bank Wants Out Of Chinacast Suit Over $35M Theft
• DC Court Revives Carlyle's Coverage Bid For Investor Suits
• CFTC Claims It Has New Proof Of Chicago Trader's 'Spoofing'
• Oil Slump Puts Energy Co. Disclosures Under Microscope
• Argentina Targets Injunctions In Debt Settlement Talks
• FINRA Sends Plan For Algorithmic Developers To SEC
• 'Unicorn' Investors Securing Safety Nets In Shaky IPO Market
• Deutsche Bank Aims To Calm Market With $5.4B Debt Buyback
• UK Builder Countryside Sets $439M IPO As Europe Deals Grow
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Ex-Rabobank Traders Can't Evade Libor-Rigging Convictions
• Hedge Fund Asks For OK On $27.5M Goldman CDO Deal
• Yates Memo Fails To Trigger Charges In Morgan Stanley Deal
• Euro Telecom Considering IPO For New Infrastructure Arm
• Fifth Street Unopposed In Bid To Move IPO Suit To NY
• Biotechs Stumble Following $145M In Pricings
• Waste Hauler Delays $450M IPO, Cites Weak Market
• 3 Ways Attys Can Play Defense When Capital Markets Slow
• Yellen Catches Heat For Fed's Handling Of Living Wills
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $3.2B To Settle US Mortgage Claims
• Long Slog To EU-CFTC Clearing Deal May Color Future Talks
• NY Court Asked To Revive $289M RMBS Suit Against Nomura
• CFTC Chair Faces Budget Scrutiny After Accounting Errors
• 4 Ways Bitcoin's Tech May Soon Change Lawyers' Lives
• Fla. Couple Must Pay $3M Over Precious Metals Scheme
• SEC Approves New Cross-Border Swaps Reporting Rules
• Cravath Takes Lead On Argentina Debt Default Defense
• SEC Names New Associate Directors For Enforcement In LA
• Carrington Coleman Adds Ex-Fortune 500 Co. GC In Dallas
• BofA Should Face Class Claims In Libor MDL, Borrower Says
• PE-Backed US Foods Leads Trio Of New IPO Filings
• Foley & Lardner Lands LA Tax Partner From Buchalter Nemer
• Ace Says Exclusion Applies In Facebook IPO Coverage Row
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• A Deep Dive Into SEC's Latest Mining Disclosure Proposal
• CFTC, Europe Hatch Accord On Clearing Rules
• SEC, CFTC To Beef Up Enforcement Staffs Under Obama Plan
• Hedge Funds Win $22M Judgment Against Deutsche Bank
• UK Fines Ex-JPMorgan Banker $1.15M Over 'London Whale'
• Beazley Says Ace Owes For Nasdaq's Facebook Settlement
• Senior CFTC Trial Attorney In Corzine Case Joining Latham
• Visa Trouble Could Delay $100M Egypt Bond Trial, Judge Told
• Biotechs Pull Offerings Totaling $155M Amid Weak Markets
• Jenner & Block Picks Up M&A Partner From Kirkland & Ellis
• Kaye Scholer Snags 2 Ex-K&L Finance Partners In NY, LA
• Investors Rip Genworth's 'Recantation' Claims In IPO Suit
• $6.5B Argentina Deal Attacked By Class Action Counsel
• SEC's Data Audit Trail Could Go Live In '17: Official
• Inside EU's Proposal For New Prospectus Regulation
• CFTC Lets Korea Exchange Members Solicit In US
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Insurer Needn't Front Impac Defense In MBS Suits, 9th Circ.
• Obama Wants SEC, CFTC Funding Doubled By 2021
• Fraudster, Co. Docked $11M For Forex Ponzi Scheme
• Small-Biz Group Wants To Speak Up For Reg A+ In DC Circ.
• Investors Say New Info Boosts Forex Case Against Banks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, HAL Trust, Verizon
• UK's Barclays Libor Trial Reportedly Paused Amid New Info
• Deutsche Ruling Bolsters US Bank Suit, RMBS Investors Say
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Tremor IPO Investors' Suit
• Securities Law Considerations In Marketplace Lending
• GCs Name Favorite Securities, Capital Markets Attys
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• CFTC Charges Fake Commodities Adviser With Fraud
• Trustee Of $8.5B Countrywide Settlement Asks Judge's Help
• Hong Kong To Allow Leveraged, Inverse ETFs On Its Exchange
• 4 Firms Set To Guide Billion-Dollar Slate Of IPOs
• Wall St. Group Urges DC Circ. To Toss Risk-Retention Rule
• PE-Backed Therapure Biopharma Delays $93M Canadian IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sharp Corp. Honest Co., Flakt Woods
• Argentina Floats $6.5B Deal To End Epic Default Battle
• McDermott Taps BioTech Markets Pro For NY Office
• CFTC Commish Says Cybersecurity Risks Disrupting Markets
• Chinese Investor Group To Buy Chicago Stock Exchange
• EU Commish Urges Fewer Bank Regulations, More Stability
• CFTC Leader Pushes For More Powerful Enforcement Tools
• Credit Suisse Looks To Deep Six $1B RMBS Suit Post-ACE
• UBS Blasts Shifting Arguments In $100M Egypt Bond Case
• Trader In Forex Fraud Agrees To Penalties, Permanent Ban
• SEC Names New Co-Chair Of Renewed Small Biz Committee
• Wall Street Lobby Presses SEC To Ax New Exchange Fees
• KemPharm Prices $75M Private Bond After Nixing Follow-On
• Sen. Brown Hits Fed On Lack Of Commodities Rule For Banks
• 4 Keys To A Robust Practice Advising IPO Underwriters
• 4 Firms Guide Italian Hotel Group's $123M Restructuring
• UK Brings New Rules To High-Speed Traders
• EU Antitrust Vs. US Companies
• McGuireWoods Snags Ex-Morgan Lewis Debt Finance Partner
• Royal Park's $3.1B Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit Mostly Survives
• SEC Picks New Deputy Director For National Exam Program
• CFTC Looks To Squash Kraft's Appeal In Wheat Futures Case
• Trio of Banks Double Down On Bid To Exit Forex Row
• Biotechs End 2016 IPO Drought With $252.8M Total Pricing
• OMB Slams House Capital Markets Bill
• Credit Default Swaps And Solvency Analysis
• ChemChina Inks $43B Deal For Syngenta
• Barclays Investors Get Class Cert. In Dark Pool Suit
• Citibank Wins Temporary Halt To Paper Co.'s Debt Swap
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $63M To FDIC, Settling RMBS Suits
• RCS Capital Gains First Ch. 11 OKs On $1.4B Debt Rework
• EU Says Money Laundering Law Should Cover Virtual Currency
• UK Bank's $570M IPO Delayed As Credit Agency Digs Deeper
• Argentina Settles Historic ICSID Row With Italian Bondholders
• ICC Rejects Claims That Enzymotec's IPO Breached Deal
• CFTC Approves European Firm For Swaps Clearing
• Cut The Jargon With Investors, Hong Kong Exchange Says
• Barclays, Others Settle SEC Muni Bond Claims For $4.6M
• Citi Strikes $23M 'Ice Breaker' Settlement In Libor Action
• 4 Ways Capital Markets Attys Can Stay Busy In A Down Market
• Libor Claims Were Rightly Found Timely, Judge Told
• Barclays Boosts NY AG Power With $70M Dark Pool Settlement
• Brokerage Parent RCS Capital Files Ch. 11 On $1.4B Debt
• House Greenlights Bills To Boost Small-Biz Capital Access
• Europe Needs More Nonbank Financing, Hedge Funders Say
• Walker Morris Adds Capital Markets, M&A Pro From DWF
• UBS Must Show Reliance In $100M Egyptian Bond Debt Spat
• EU Won't Need Uniform Covered Bond Market, Commish Says
• Genworth Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Over Unit IPO
• Cold IPO Market Forces Companies To Get More Creative
• Biotechs, Waste Biz Give IPO Pipeline A $585M Rev-Up
• Beazley Slams Insurers' Bid To Duck Nasdaq's Facebook Deal
• Looks Like Another Test Case For EU Bank Resolution Law