Capital Markets Archive » May, 2016

Capital Markets - May, 2016

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• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Billion-Dollar IPO Helps 1 Firm Shine Amid Market Rebound
• First Mortgage, Execs Pay $12.7M To Settle Loan Scheme Suit
• Euribor Class Says 2nd Circ. Libor Revival Keeps Claims Alive
• EU Agency Weighs Default Rules For Securities Depositories
• EU Gives Commodity Firms Breathing Room On Capital Regs
• Trusts Say $2B UBS Mortgages Trial Belongs In District Court
• Ex-Barclays Trader Saw No Gray Area In Libor Rate Requests
• PE-Backed Atkore Leads 2 Cos. Priming IPOs Totaling $298M
• Observations On Solicitor General Brief In Madden
• Top House Republican Prods Fed On Stress Test Audit
• No More Delays For $100M Egypt Bond Debt Trial
• UK Regulators Lack Data On Shadow Banking, Watchdog Says
• Merrill Lynch, Citi Hit In Class Action Over Cancer Co. IPO
• BakerHostetler Lures Former Dentons & SEC Securities Pro
• Accredited Investor Debate Puts SEC On Hot Seat
• Brazil's Marfrig Raises $750M In Overseas Bond Issue
• Twilio Sets Aim For Year's First 'Unicorn' IPO At $100M
• Fed To Unveil Insurance Co. Capital Rules In Early June
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• Top Carmakers Still Leery Of TPP In Wake Of Tepid Forecast
• How Best Buy Is Directly At Odds With Halliburton II
• The Fed's Proposed Capital Rules Could Be Overly Complex
• Critics Scoff At Developing Forex Market Code Of Conduct
• Chamber Report Says Yates Memo Discourages Cooperation
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Capital Markets Veteran
• Hunton Gains Special Counsel For Global Corporate Practice
• UBS, Others Can't Duck Tenn. Pension Fund's $164M MBS Suit
• Royal Philips To Snag $840M With Lighting Unit IPO
• High Court Urged To Knock Back State Securities Suits
• FINRA Tweaks Tackle Confusion Over Debt Research Rules
• Blank Check Co. Landcadia Eyes $250M In Downsized IPO
• ECB To Scrutinize EU Bank Business Models
• Lloyds PE Arm Reveals $114M IPO Of UK Lifestyle Brand
• Tech Unicorn Snapchat Raises $1.8B In Latest Equity Round
• EU Moves Toward Regulating Virtual Currencies, Blockchain
• Ex-Barclays Trader Says Following Orders With Libor Requests
• PE-Backed US Foods Prices $1B IPO, The Year's 2nd Largest
• FCA Warns FX Transfer Firms Against Misleading Marketing
• New Rules Force UK's Big Banks To Bulk Up Capital Buffers
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• From The Book Of Jargon: Headroom
• Lenders Need Justices' View On Madden To Thaw Debt Markets
• FINRA Staff Keeps Focus On Manipulative Trading
• RMBS Trustee Seeks Fees From Credit Suisse In $802M Suits
• 9th Circ. Backs CFTC In Row Over Losing Trades
• Ocwen Says Study Refutes Investors' Contract Claims
• Funding For VC-Backed Fintech Soars To $5B In Q1
• Traders Lose Bid To Alter Judgment In CFTC Metals Case
• Senate Votes To Block DOL 'Fiduciary Rule'
• Gold Investors Cite Libor Decision In Price-Fixing MDL Case
• UK Equity Funding Soars, But Disparities Persist: Report
• FINRA Doing 'Fabulous' Job In Face Of Criticism, Gov. Says
• China To Open Commodities Futures To Foreign Investors
• Carlyle To Trim Stake In Axalta Through $702M Share Sale
• Non-GAAP Compliance: 5 Tips From SEC Guidance
• Shadow Banking Firms Need More Policing, Watchdog Says
• Citibank To Pay CFTC $425M Over Benchmark Manipulation
• Wayfair Ducks Suit Alleging Competitor Omission In IPO
• Objectors Can't Derail $120M Barclays Libor Deal, Judge Told
• 2 Cos. Ready IPOs Totaling $341M While Bank Nets $80M
• VW Pours $300M Into Gett, Toyota Invests In Uber
• SWIFT Boss Says System Is Safe, Outlines New Security Plan
• CFTC Blasts 'Absurd' Bid By Traders To Alter Judgment
• Facebook Objects To Class Notice Forms In IPO Row
• SFO Hamstrung By Unusual Funding Structure, Watchdog Says
• Market Volatility Has REITs Crying The 'Borrowing Blues'
• AIG Gets Into Equity Crowdfunding Biz With Fraud Coverage
• CFTC Finalizes Cross-Border Swap Margin Rule
• Citi Shareholders Can Push $800M Suit Directly: Del. Court
• Longtime Expats Lose Last-Ditch Appeal Over Brexit Vote
• Investor Classes Lodge Proposed Deals Over Argentina Debt
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Philly Hits Big Banks With Rate-Swap Antitrust Suit
• Banks Face More Big-Dollar Libor Deals After 2nd Circ. Loss
• Hong Kong Exchange Expands Renminbi Futures Trading
• How You Can Win Business As A Capital Markets Attorney
• FINRA Chief Sees Broker Culture As Key To Compliance
• Oil Explorer, Biotech Junk IPOs Amid Bumpy Market
• EU Lays Out Flexible Rules For Bank 'Bail-In' Instruments
• Deloitte Says Online Lenders Unlikely To Threaten UK Banks
• Ex-Nomura Traders Say Gov't Can't Block SEC Suit Evidence
• Ex-Barclays Trader Just Doing His Job With Libor Requests
• Calif. Man Banned From Market, Fined $3M Over Fake Trades
• Mintz Levin Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In $100M Bond Suit
• 16 Big Banks To Face Revived Libor Antitrust Suit
• 6 Firms To Guide PE-Heavy IPOs Totaling $1.6B
• Aluminum Cos. Lose Sanctions Bid In Price-Fixing MDL
• Winston, Skadden Steer Largest Blank Check IPO At $600M
• Fed Looks To Tailor Bank-Focused Capital Rules To Insurers
• Etre Pulls $33M IPO, Blames Adverse Market Conditions
• Deutsche Bank Investigating Conflict of Interest Trade
• Longtime UK Expats Lose Appeal For Brexit Voting Rights
• Citibank Escapes Suit Over 'Marked Up' Forex Transactions
• Deals Rumor Mill: AB InBev, Yahoo, London Stock Exchange
• Nasdaq Pushes Back Against IEX Approval As Exchange
• Russian Traders Plead Not Guilty To UK Fraud Charges
• HK Regulator Inks Cross-Border Oversight Pact With FINRA
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• SEC Mulling ETF Regs And Fund Disclosure Tips, Chair Says
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• SEC's CAT Plan And The Cost To Industry
• Facebook Class C Share Plan Could Spur Followers
• Texas Court Upholds $2.1M Morgan Keegan Bond Ruling
• FINRA Charges Lawson Financial With Fraud For Bond Sales
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• 2nd Circ. Reverses Dismissal Of FDIC Suit Over Colonial Bank
• $2B UBS Trial Might Have Been In Wrong Court, Judge Says
• Gaming REIT, Building Supplier Price $478M In Offerings
• 2 Obama SEC Nominations Advance In Senate
• Tesla Planning $2B Stock Offering To Ramp Up Production
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Why Cos. Must Pay Attention To Delaware's Blockchain Plan
• From The Book Of Jargon: Red Herring
• Egyptian Bros. Seek Atty Sanctions For Refiled 'Ambush' Depo
• EU Workers' Advisory Panel Backs Prospectus Reform Plans
• Dell Sells $20B In Bonds To Fund EMC Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Monsanto, Goldman, Hotel Lotte
• Small Biz Group Urges SEC To Expand Private Investor Rules
• DLA Piper Guides REIT LaSalle Hotel On $150M Offering
• Ex-Barclays Trader Pushed For 'Honest' Libor Tweaks
• EU Securities Markets Regulation Enters Homestretch
• SEC Seeks Comments On NYSE's Tracking Stock Fee Proposal
• HK Regulator Finds Alibaba Health Buy Broke Takeovers Code
• Proposed 'Political Subdivision' Test Presents Challenges
• Ex-SEC Member Backs Cost-Benefit Analysis At Agency
• Latham Snags Ex-Shearman & Sterling Capital Markets Partner
• Feds Press To Get Chicago Trader Off Market Before Trial
• Venable Guides STORE Capital In $275M Follow-On Offering
• European Brokers Seek Dismissal From Yen Libor-Rigging Suit
• Ex-Barclays Trader Denies Blind Ambition Behind Libor Rig
• EU Strengthens Rules To Thwart Benchmark Manipulation
• Nasdaq Prices $680M Bond For Options Exchange Buy
• EU Looking To Ease Derivatives Reporting Requirements
• Chancery Picks Grant & Eisenhofer To Co-Lead Facebook Case
• Libor Investors Say Banks Trying To Limit Doc Sharing In MDL
• EU Weighs Tweaks To Post-Crisis Rules For Banks
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Spokeo Ruling Crops Right Up In $2.5B Barclays Share Beef
• 90% Of SEC's Public Co. Enforcement In-House, Report Says
• 'Classic Con Man' Gets 9 Years In Wire Fraud Scheme
• Basic-Fit Plans $1.1B Amsterdam IPO
• Chancery Narrows Field For Top Facebook Plaintiff Spot
• 4th Circ. Denies Fast Track For Scottsdale's FINRA Challenge
• SEC, Treasury Want FINRA Rule On Treasury Market Data
• Starbucks Prices Landmark $500M Sustainability Bond
• UK Regulator Seeks Banks' Input On Pillar 2 Liquidity Rules
• First Hacker Pleads Guilty To $30M Press Release Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi, AIG, BOC Aviation
• Change Of Control And Its Effect On Incentive Equity
• Ex-Barclays Trader Made False Libor Submissions For Years
• PE-Backed Cos., Biotech Prime 3 IPOs Totaling $439M
• How To Pick The Right Law Firm For An IPO
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Firms Vie For Top Plaintiff Spot In Facebook Chancery Action
• UBS Judge Strives For Best Way Forward As $2B Trial Wraps
• NYSE Says Production Co. Won't Hand Over Confidential Video
• 6 Firms Steer 4 IPOs Totaling $937M Led By Blank Check Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, ConvaTec, Abraaj
• 4 Things To Know As Equity Crowdfunding Rules Take Effect
• Ex-Barclays Trader Admitted Libor Lie Amid Extradition Fear
• Banks Unlikely To Follow Kerry's Push On Iran Contacts
• PE-Backed US Foods Sets Terms On $1.23B IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Skadden, Morrison Cohen
• New Considerations As SEC Amends Registration Rules
• The Metaphysics Of Systemic Risk
• Sullivan Denies Link To Doc Destruction In Aluminum MDL
• NY Court OKs $8B Payout From Countrywide Settlement
• Big Banks Face More Interest Rate Swap Antitrust Claims
• SEC Boss Plugs Efforts On Crowdfunding, Disclosure Reform
• 3Red Trading But Not Spoofing, Compliance Officer Tells Court
• 3 Ex-Barclays Traders To Get Docs In Libor Legal Fee Fight
• Landscaping, Tech Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $313.5M
• Timbervest Fights To Keep SEC Challenge In DC Circ.
• China Clearly Not A Market Economy, EU Parliament Says
• UK Lawmakers Cast Doubt On EU Capital Markets Union
• Ex-Barclays Trader Blames Bat-Wielding Boss For Libor Rig
• Honeywell Readies Spinoff Of $1.3B Resins, Chemicals Unit
• BigLaw-Vet-Turned-Crowdfunder Sees Major Investing Shift
• How Blockchain Will Revolutionize Commercial Transactions
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• From The Book Of Jargon: Green Shoe
• Year's First Bank IPOs Primed To Bring In $350M
• $54M Tobacco IPO Misses Mark, Biotech Curtails Debut
• Orrick Builds Out Paris Office With Addition Of 6 Partners
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, UFC, ASR Nederland
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• Ex-Barclays Bankers Jury Told Of Related Libor Guilty Plea
• Netherlands' Pact Lets Euronext Get Down To Business
• Investment Bank's Dicey Emails Fetch $900K FINRA Fine
• Hong Kong, China Eye Shared Commodity Trading Platform
• Allen & Overy Nabs Financing Pro From Skadden In Australia
• Glancy Prongay, Pomerantz To Lead Fitbit Shareholder Suit
• Why Recent Criticisms Of The SEC Are Unfair
• UK Risk Appetite Sours Ahead Of Brexit Vote
• Trader Under Fire Says Spoofing Law Is Unconstitutional
• Facebook Says Lack Of Investor Docs Imperils IPO Class Cert.
• Citizens Bank's GC On Surviving A Massive Spinoff, IPO
• SEC Approves PCAOB Contributing Auditor Disclosure Rules
• European PE Investment Rises Due To Cross-Border Activity
• PE-Backed Performance Food Preps 13.8M Share Sale
• Paul Weiss, Skadden Advising HCP On Planned REIT Spinoff
• UK Magic Circle Firms Caught In Panama Papers Data Dump
• Citibank Fights Objectors To $2B Forex Settlement
• Simon Property Group Reaches Deal To Sell $569M In Notes
• Car Tech Co. Lied About IPO Plans, Ex-Shareholder Says
• Venture Valuations Weaken Again In First Quarter
• Banking Groups Call For Global Norms For Cybersecurity Regs
• Brokerage Tells 4th Circ. To Speed Up Appeal On FINRA
• Cross-Border Crowdfunding Boom Would Test EU Regulators
• How Banks Can Build Strong Antitrust Compliance Programs
• FCA Launches 'Regulatory Sandbox' For Financial Products
• Deals Rumor Mill: Medivation, Triton, Cinven
• Sunrun Hid 'Negative Trends' In $251M IPO, Shareholder Says
• New FCA Head Comes Out Swinging Against Bank Culture
• Fintech Regulation: Recent Developments And Innovations
• Class Attys Seek $33M In $100M Muni Derivatives Deal
• SEC Commish Calls For Digital Disclosure Task Force
• 3 Firms To Steer 4 IPOs That Could Raise $471M
• Covisint Pays $8M To Settle Shareholder Suit Over IPO
• HSBC, Investors To Settle Yen Libor Rigging Suits
• Intellia's $108M IPO Leads Pair Of Biotech Floats
• Nomura Tells 2nd Circ. $806M FHFA Case Needs New Judge
• GE's Czech Banking Unit Prices $749M IPO
• Securities Class Actions: American Phenomenon Goes Global
• SEC To Review Unorthodox Accounting As New Rules Roll Out
• NY Grants License To Exchange For Bitcoin Rival
• Barclays Missed Libor Evidence Haul: Compliance Officer
• Key Considerations For PE Investors In Growing PIPE Market
• Mammoth Energy Yanks $100M IPO Plans
• Latham, Venable Guide REIT Kimco's $150M Notes Offering
• Big Banks Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Interest Rate Swaps
• The 5 Biggest Mistakes You Could Make In An IPO Filing
• Deals Rumor Mill: TWC, Dalian Wanda, Camping World
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• CVC Capital Sells Stake In Education Co. EIC
• Libor Traders Say 11th Circ. Decision Boosts Class Claims
• SEC Says Timbervest Case Should Return To In-House Court
• Time To Stop The End-Arounds In Muni Market Regulation
• SIFMA Blasts FINRA Mortgage Market Margin Proposal
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Shearman Compensation & Benefits Pro
• SEC, Ex-Fannie Mae CEO Experts Blocked In Subprime Suit
• Ex-Trader Hayes Plans New Libor-Rigging Conviction Appeal
• US Steel's Bond Offering Swells To $980M
• ICE Nixes Plans For Competing London Stock Exchange Bid
• Brexit A 'Daunting' Legal Task, UK Lawmakers Say
• ITG Investors Look To Keep Trading Platform Suit Alive
• Motricity Again Escapes Investor Class Action Over IPO
• NY Appeals Court Says $502M Debt Swap Suit To Go Forward
• Docs In 'Smart Ass' Price-Fixing Suit Had To Go, Court Told
• SEC Completes All Rulemaking Mandated By JOBS Act
• WilmerHale Lures 2 Corporate Attys From White & Case
• 2 Biotechs Set Terms On IPOs Totaling $108M
• SEC Settles Suit Against Ex-Execs Over Phony Stock Sale
• Citi, JPMorgan, Others Paying $324M In Rate-Fixing Deal
• Barclays Exec Accused of Saving His Own Skin In Libor Trial
• Delaware Blockchain Plans Look Good For Digital Shares
• UK Agency Probes NYSE Parent's $650M Trayport Acquisition
• 7 Stages Of Grief: Impact Of Oil Downturn On Energy Attys
• EC Opts For Light Touch In Crowdfunding Regulation
• Fed Board Green-Lights Capital Holding, Default Rules
• UK Banks Have Paid £2.2B In Redress For Derivatives Sales
• When Pre-IPO Companies Fail To Launch
• 1st Circ. Revives $5.9B MBS Suit Against Moody's
• Banks Lose Fight Over UK Document Chase In Yen Libor Suit
• Robbins Geller, Others Snag $57M Fees In Goldman RMBS Suit
• ECB Study Says Investors Profit Off Prerelease US Data
• Trial Expert Survives UBS DQ Bid Claiming Resume Lie
• Gaming-Related IPOs Help One Firm Hit Jackpot In April
• Traders Failed To Show Jurisdiction In Libor-Rigging Case
• White House Pushes Ch. 9 As Puerto Rico Skips Payments
• CFTC Approves Amendment To Post-Trade Swap Rules
• The Resurgence Of SPACs In A Quiet IPO Market
• Tech, Landscaping Cos. Prime IPOs Totaling $309M
• EU Watchdog Issues Revisions For New Trading Rules
• Treasury Plays It Safe On Currency Despite New Tools