Asset Management

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Latest News in Asset Management

  • March 05, 2026

    Pfizer Gets OK For $29M SEC Payout From Insider Case

    A New York federal judge on Thursday approved a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Pfizer to have $29 million paid out to a Pfizer subsidiary from the roughly $75.2 million distribution left over from a $602 million insider trading deal.

  • March 05, 2026

    Tokenized Securities Get Same Capital Treatment, Feds Say

    Federal banking regulators said Thursday that the capital treatment of so-called tokenized securities is the same as their traditional counterparts, emphasizing that bank capital rules are "technology neutral" and don't change when a security is recorded on a distributed ledger.

  • March 05, 2026

    Ex-Wells Fargo Worker's Atty Fee Bid Denied, For Now

    A federal judge rejected a request for attorney fees by a former Wells Fargo worker who won a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict, saying he will consider the motion again after the Fourth Circuit renders its decision in the bank's appeal.

  • March 05, 2026

    How Banks Can Apply FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Relief

    A recent Financial Crimes Enforcement Unit order limiting the circumstances under which banks should identify and verify beneficial owners may allow banks to tailor their approach to verification compliance, but only after reviewing customer due diligence policies and evaluating alignment with their risk profiles, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • March 05, 2026

    Tire Co. Can't Break Free From Ex-Worker's 401(k) Suit

    An Arizona federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed class action against a tire and wheel retailer alleging mismanagement of a $1.2 billion employee 401(k) plan, holding that an ex-worker sufficiently backed up claims that an underperforming suite of target-date fund investments violated federal benefits law.

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  • 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

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