Capital Markets Archive » January, 2018

Capital Markets - January, 2018

249 articles

• Barclays, Citi Say Lehman Can't Issue New Preferred Stock
• Puerto Rico Bondholders Lose Bid To Force Debt Payments
• Oilfield Services Cos. Fill IPO Pipeline As Prices Rally
• Treasury May Exhaust Cash By First Half Of March, CBO Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Liberty Mutual, Avast Software
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• $70M Weed Cryptocurrency Offering Was Illegal, Suit Says
• Cryptocurrency Outlet Hit With TRO In Investor Action
• US Bank Mortgage Trust Investors Denied Cert. In $2B Suit
• Beware ICO Lawyers, You're The Next Target
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In Deutsche RMBS Trustee Suit
• Cannabis-Focused SPAC MTech Acquisition Prices $50M IPO
• Struggling Teva Pharmaceutical Plans To Raise $5B In Debt
• Trading Co., Banks Seek End To Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• Mnuchin Urges Congress To Quickly Pass Bank Rule Relief
• Alston & Bird Nabs M&A Pros For Dallas, Atlanta Offices
• The Future Of France Is Innovation
• 3 Banks To Pay Combined $47M In CFTC Spoofing Settlement
• Deutsche Bank Wins TRO In $48M Del. Battle Over Vik Debt
• AriseBank Hit With SEC Suit Over Initial Coin Offering
• Cryptocurrency Outlet Accused Of Fraud In 2nd Investor Suit
• RMBS Investors Make Case For Class Cert. In HSBC Suit
• Star Witness At Coin.mx Trial Dodges Prison Time
• DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Cases Show Cooperation Running High
• Puerto Rico Utility Seeks $1.3B Loan From Commonwealth
• Altaba Seeks To Toss Yahoo-Verizon Sale Noteholder Bonus
• 6 More Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $1.4B As Pipeline Grows
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Comvest Partners Pockets $836M In Fourth Lending Fund
• Sidley Austin Nabs Ex-Bracewell Enviro Partner In Houston
• Union Acquisition Files $100M IPO To Buy Latin American Biz
• Banks Push To Arbitrate Or Move 'Last Look' Trading Claims
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Lucia Will Not Address Essential Problem With SEC Court
• Ex-UBS Metals Trader Accused Of Spoofing Hit With CFTC Suit
• Morgan Stanley Denied Quick Win In Deutsche RMBS Suit
• Ex-Barclays FX Boss Charged In HP Fraud Gets Travel OK
• CFTC Sues 2 Ex-Deutsche Metals Traders For 'Spoofing'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Kroger, Dell
• Judge OKs Cobalt's $500M Pact With Sonangol For Oil Blocks
• 7 Cos. To Price IPOs Exceeding $3.4B Led By Gaming REIT
• Securities Groups Urge EU Not To Usurp National Watchdogs
• BNP Paribas To Pay $90M In Forex Rigging Guilty Plea
• Crypto Execs Hit With Derivative Suit After Trading Halt
• Puerto Rico's New 5-Year Plan Excludes Debt Payments
• SEC's EB-5 Visa 'Sham' Suit Is Out Of Line, Calif. Man Says
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Deals Pro From Mitchell Silberberg
• No Wells Fargo-Style Sales Practices At Other Banks: OCC
• PE-Backed Gates Industrial Leads 3 IPOs Raising $878M
• K&L Gates Snags Saul Ewing's Tech Practice Chair In Pa.
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• NYSE, Nasdaq Want Rival's Closing Auction Plan Overturned
• CFTC Reasserts Its Role In Virtual Currency Regulation
• Cooley Leads Pot PE Fund To Close $100M Series C Round
• Currency Trader Gets 21 Months For Bilking Friends
• Union Bankshares Corp. Prices $301M Secondary Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Luye, Microsemi
• CFTC Announces 3rd Cryptocurrency Fraud Suit In 1 Week
• Brazilian Fintech PagSeguro Raises $2.3B In Year's Top IPO
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Single-Asset Aspen REIT Gets Nod For $33M Reg A+ IPO
• Starwood Property Trust Launches $400M Notes Deal
• Fed Won't Nix Ex-Barclays Forex Head's Ban, $1.2M Fine
• Clayton Warns Lawyers Over Their Advice On ICOs
• TCJA's Opportunities And Challenges For Leveraged Finance
• Texas Fracker Leads 3 Cos. Launching IPOs Totaling $440M
• Morgan Stanley Beats Dark Pool Contractor's Fraud Appeal
• Ex-GE Capital GC Joins Baker Donelson In Baltimore
• Direct Listings No 'Doomsday' For Law Firms
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• $250M Citi, Barclays Libor Deals Look Worthy, Judge Says
• Ballard Snags SEC Assistant Director As Philly Partner
• My Supreme Court Debut: Just Me And My Flash Cards
• No Bellwether For DZ Bank In Morgan Stanley RMBS Fight
• TD Ameritrade Adviser Misled On Options Strategy, Suit Says
• Dentons Attorneys Part Ways With Monex In CFTC Probe
• 11th Circ. Upholds CFTC's Win In Metal Trader Fraud Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, Toshiba, Dalian Wanda
• Ace Ducks Nasdaq Coverage In $26M Facebook IPO Suit
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Skadden
• The Challenges Of Marijuana Banking Just Got Bigger
• Caesars-Affiliated VICI Properties Launches $1B IPO
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Artis REIT Selling $80M Worth Of Trust Units
• Elliott, PE Firms Invest $2.5B In FirstEnergy
• SEC Chair Urges Retail Focus In Activist Investor Debate
• MetLife Deal Could Imperil Future SIFI Designations
• ADT Leads 3 PE-Backed Firms' IPOs Raising $2.4B Combined
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Puerto Rico Hands Over Info On Accounts With $7B Stash
• 9 IPOs Projected To Exceed $3B In Year's Busiest Week
• Fed's Bank Regulator Wants To 'Tailor' Dodd-Frank Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bunge, Adyen, Dalian Wanda
• CFTC Accuses NY Firm, Owner Of Virtual Currency Scam
• Wells Fargo RMBS Suit Shouldn't Get Class Cert., Judge Says
• Cryptocurrency ETFs Not Ready For Prime Time, SEC Says
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• Banking Reg GCs Aim To Preserve 'Core' Dodd-Frank Reforms
• The Rise And Fall Of Statistical Sampling In RMBS Cases
• Deutsche Bank Seeks TRO In Del. Over $320M Vik Debt
• MetLife, US Agree To End Appeal Over Stricter Regulatory Tag
• HSBC To Pay $101.5M In Currency Exchange Fraud Settlement
• RMBS Trusts Seek To Hone $1.2B Credit Suisse Trial
• Consumer-Oriented SPAC One Madison Prices $300M IPO
• Toshiba To Sell Claims Against Westinghouse For $2.2B
• Atty Fees For Berkshire Bank CEO's Son Concern Libor Judge
• CFTC Says Bitcoin-Funded Commodity Pool Was $1.1M Fraud
• Jones Day Nabs Finance Partner From Ashurst's NY Office
• Fla. Law Enforcement To Split $1.9M In Seized Bitcoins
• Cboe Moves In On Nasdaq, NYSE Closing-Auction Turf
• CFIUS Changes Could Harm Export Regime, Panel Says
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
• Mega Bank Fined $29M For Anti-Money Laundering Violations
• Apartment Rental Site Lands $50M In Series C Funding
• Cryptocurrency Co. Closes €61M Funding Round
• Global Securities Watchdog Warns ICOs Put Investors At Risk
• The Challenges Of Bitcoin Financing
• ESMA Floats Restrictions On Sale Of Risky Investments
• CFTC Chair Picks Ex-BigLaw Atty For Senior Counsel
• Treasury Official Says FinCEN Reviewing Marijuana Guidance
• Global Brokerage Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK After Axing Releases
• House Passes Bill To Loosen Rules For Closed-End Funds
• US Warns Venezuela's Cryptocurrency May Violate Sanctions
• Lenders Cut $27M Deal With Citi, HSBC In Libor Rigging Suit
• Mass. Regulator Charges Man Over Cryptocurrency Scheme
• Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• Mudrick Capital Files $200M IPO To Buy Post-Bankruptcy Biz
• Ex-Aveo Exec Says SEC Exaggerated Role In Investor Fraud
• Akin Gump Gains Energy Atty From BakerHostetler
• Top Treasury Official Backs Updating Financial Crime Rules
• Barclays Forex Boss Charged With Defrauding HP
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Hausfeld, Others Seek $381M Atty Fees From $2.3B FX Deals
• Foreign Trader Fails To Boot SEC Attys Over Privileged Docs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, JD.com, WME
• Nasdaq Dodges $3.9M Antitrust Fine In Swedish Court
• Justices Deny Cert In Korean Co.'s $73M Suit Against Citi
• MF Global Argues For Coverage Of $141M Rogue Trader Loss
• America's Shifting Views On Marijuana Post-Cole Memo
• HSBC, BofA, Others Hit With Suit Over Canadian Rate-Rigging
• 5 Cos. Launch IPOs Surpassing $1B As January Gains Steam
• EU Raids Euromoney Unit Amid Industrial Paper Probe
• Tech-Focused SPAC Nebula Acquisition Closes $275M IPO
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• RBS, Barclays & Lloyds Deny FDIC Claim They Rigged Libor
• Banks Told RMBS Subpoena Order Is 'Cost Of Doing Business'
• CFTC Accuses Commodity Pool Operator Of Fraud
• Ex-Bankrate VP Gets 5 Years Despite Cooperating With Gov't
• Ex-Stockbroker Gets 2 Years Over Microcap Manipulation
• Fracking Co., Industrial REIT Price IPOs Raising $696M
• 3 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $2.5B As Deal-Making Resumes
• Supreme Court Agrees To Review SEC's In-House Judges
• NJ's Evolving Health Care Arena: Trends To Watch In 2018
• Support Grows For Updating Anti-Money Laundering Rules
• Drake's Virginia Black Whiskey To Uncork $30M 'Mini-IPO'
• Vermont Bill Would Tax Cryptocurrency Transactions
• SEC Chair Urges More Bond Market Liquidity For Main Street
• Deals Rumor Mill: Peter Thiel, Xerox, Dropbox
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• SEC Picks Salt Lake City Head To Lead Atlanta Office
• Property Co. Asks For Libor Trader Interviews In RBS Appeal
• Ex-SGs Square Off Over Puerto Rico Board Constitutionality
• Virtual Coin Owners Sue Exchange For Freezing Their Funds
• Deutsche Notice Claim Revived In $306M Mortgage Trust Row
• Brazilian Digital Payments Co. PagSeguro Launches $1.8B IPO
• Investors Push Back On Objection To $130M Citi LIBOR Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Nestle, Aramco
• Produce Giant Dole Withdraws IPO
• SEC To Deliberate On Nasdaq's Bid To Ease SPAC Rules
• BakerHostetler Grows Corporate Practice With Stradling Hire
• Reg A-Plus Is Perfect For Initial Coin Offerings
• Venture Capital Injections Surge To $164.4B In 2017
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• 8th Circ. Says SLUSA Sinks Customer Suit Against Scottrade
• Digital Coin Offerer Says SEC Can't Sue In US Over $15M ICO
• MoFo Will Face Macquarie Again Over IPO Malpractice Claims
• REIT, Energy Services Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $511M
• ESMA Delays Dark Pool Data Publication Amid Filing Troubles
• FINRA To Eye ICOs, Cryptocurrencies In 2018
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Say Case Hinges On UK Libor Overseers
• Sens. Look Open To Shifting Anti-Money Laundering Rules
• Fitbit, Investors Reach $33M Deal In Stock-Drop Suit
• A Big Year For US IPOs By Chinese Companies
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• ESMA Issues 1st Data On Trading Venue Derivatives Controls
• Simpson Thacher Gets Back Ex-Acting OCC Head As Partner
• Argentine AgTech Co. Bioceres Takes Second Bite At IPO
• Ex-Bankrate Exec To Testify Against CFO, Asks For Leniency
• Guatemalan Bank Must Pay $3.72M In Contract Fee Fight
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• SEC Suspends Trading Of Hong Kong Blockchain Company
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dermapharm, Aramco, Life Healthcare
• SEC Seeks Final Judgment For Texas Adviser In Fraud Suit
• ESMA Mulls Controls On Margin Moves During Market Stress
• FCA Fines, Bans Ex-RBS Libor Trader For 'Reckless' Conduct
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Barclays Investors' Dark Pool Cert.
• No Prison Yet, Restitution Reduced For Bitcoin Fraudsters
• VC-Backed Israeli Biopharma Co. Launches $55M IPO
• Apollo-Backed Home Security Co. ADT Launches $2B IPO
• Weil Picks Up Goldman Sachs Pro For Capital Markets Team
• $3B Petrobras Accord To Fuel More Shareholder Class Actions
• Lawyers Head To JPMorgan Conference Eager To Spark Deals
• 5 Pressing Issues Facing The SEC In 2018
• Texas Securities Watchdog Blocks UK Cryptocurrency Outlet
• The Broader Implications Of Sessions' Marijuana Move
• Sessions' Reversal Likely To Kill Any Pot Buzz For Banks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Dalian Wanda, Axiata
• Argentina's Central Puerto Seeks To Power Up With US IPO
• Sessions Reverses Obama-Era Marijuana Enforcement Policy
• Norton Rose Snags Baker McKenzie M&A Atty In Houston
• Finance Co. Hit With 2 Investor Stock-Drop Actions
• State Regulators Warn Public On Cryptocurrencies, ICOs
• Objector To $130M Citi Libor Deal Pegs Damages At $24B
• Pa. Marijuana Investors Cut Out License Preparer, Suit Says
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• CMBS In 2017 And A Look Ahead
• Hedge Fund Blasts Defense Of Puerto Rico Restructuring Law
• McDermott Adds Ex-SEC Enforcement Atty To Chicago Office
• Shearman Guides Liberty Global In Latin American Spinoff
• Industrial REIT, Fracking Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $751M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, RBS, J&T Finance
• HK Likely To Reclaim World's Top IPO Spot, PwC Says
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Chinese Medical Marketplace Closes $60M Funding Round
• On MiFID Day 1, Germany And UK Deliver Latest Setback
• Ackman's Pershing Square To Trim Stake In Howard Hughes
• Munchee Case Clarifies SEC's Stance On Digital Tokens
• Petrobras To Pay Nearly $3B To End Securities Class Action
• Biotech Cos. Lead 7 Post-Christmas IPO Filings
• SEC Sues Muni Adviser, Exec Over $1.1M Bond Offering
• Ex-NY Town Atty Avoids Prison For Role In Muni Bond Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Siemens Healthineers, Nippon Life
• China, Hong Kong Agree To Beef Up Futures Supervision
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Archrock To Take Over Limited Partnership In $607M Deal
• International Cos. Boost London IPOs To 3-Year High In 2017
• Shoddy PwC Audits Led To Bank Failure, Judge Rules
• FSB Sets Deadline For Rollout Of Derivatives ID Rules
• Ex-UBS Trader Fights FCA Ban Over Libor Manipulation
• Challenges And Opportunities Await UK Insurers In 2018
• Clayton's Bid To Revive Public Markets Off To Modest Start
• City Firms Prepare To Steer Into 2018's Regulatory Flood
• Regulatory Heat On ICOs Expected To Intensify In 2018
• Securities Regulation To Watch In 2018
• Attys Eye Cases Impacting SEC Enforcement Powers In 2018
• 4 Trends To Watch In The 2018 IPO Market