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Asset Management Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the asset management industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals involving investment firms, mutual funds, hedge funds, bond funds, pension funds, and real estate investment trusts.
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Latest News in Asset Management
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February 19, 2026
Feds Rest In Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser's NBA Fraud Trial
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against a former Morgan Stanley investment adviser who's accused of defrauding NBA players out of millions of dollars by secretly profiting off their insurance investments and diverting client funds for his own use.
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February 19, 2026
FNB Affiliate Denied Injunction Over Noncompete Clauses
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a First National Bank wealth management subsidiary was not entitled to an injunction seeking to block three of its former financial advisers from working for a competitor, holding that they did not violate their restrictive covenants.
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February 19, 2026
SEC Says Calif. Man Dragging Feet On Fraud Suit Settlement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to reopen a securities fraud case accusing a California man of misappropriating more than $1.6 million from investors through five real estate funds, saying that despite reaching a settlement in principle a few months ago, the defendants have failed to finalize the agreement.
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February 19, 2026
NYC Pension Funds Sue AT&T Over Proxy Proposal Exclusion
Several New York City pension funds have sued AT&T over what they say is the illegal exclusion of their shareholder proposal requesting a corporate diversity report from the telecom giant's corporate ballot, following an indication that regulators would allow the exclusion.
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February 19, 2026
SEC's Peirce Calls For Crypto-Updated Liquidity Rule
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce, the leader of the agency's crypto task force, called Thursday for public feedback on how the agency might apply a rule on broker liquidity to firms that choose to keep stablecoins on hand.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Initial public offerings
- Joint ventures
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Spinoffs
- Franchise and management agreements
- Real estate deals
- Shareholder activism involving hedge funds and hedge fund managers
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Internal Revenue Service
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Bankruptcies involving assets managed by hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, or other investment managers
- Restructuring and distressed debt issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of asset management practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the asset management industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals